Not just hot air: Inside COP26

Peter Knowles reports from the UN climate summit

I’ve joined a vast crowd, filling a quayside road in Glasgow from end to end and pavement to pavement. We huddle together against the wind off the Clyde and edge forward, enviously … Read More

Here & now: Natalie Gibbs

Natalie Gibbs volunteers with Care4Calais

Taliban forces took control of Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul on 15 August 2021. You may remember the scenes that hit the news in August this year – the desperation of people at Kabul airport … Read More

News Comment: Why I still wear a mask

Now is not the time to drop our masks, says Catherine Walshe

Since so called ‘Freedom Day’ for England in July, two things have dismayed me. First, the numbers of those infected with, suffering and dying from, Covid-19. Second, the … Read More

Editorial: Counting down the days to Advent

I have realised, to my surprise, that these days I prefer the first day of Advent to Christmas Day. Growing up in a non-liturgical family (‘Liturgy is fossilised worship!’), Advent passed us by, apart from its calendar. I was in … Read More