Mother’s Day (12A)
Category: Reviews
Another example of contempt for impartiality
Abortion reigns as the main topic of media controversy with Ray D’Arcy playing a central figure in last week’s viewing, writes Brendan O’Regan
Lasting insights on the turn of the Christian year
Fasting and Feasting: Radio Reflections on Christmas and Easter by Aidan Mathews (Veritas, €12.99)
Language and its effect on meaning and belief
Passwords to Paradise: How Languages Have Re-invented World Religions by Nicholas Ostler (Bloomsbury, £20.00)
Meeting ourselves as we really are
The Republic photographed by Seamus Murphy (Allen Lane, €32.00)
Europe and the centenaries of the Great Tragedies of 1916
With our recent concentration on the local events in Ireland in 1916 most Irish people have overlooked the centenary of some of the events in the Great War itself. The recent commemorations of both the Battle of Jutland and the Battle of Verdun, both to be counted with the first day of the Somme (a…
The World of Books: A Muslim legend of dogs and Heaven
The relationship between faith and man’s best friend
White flags over Dublin’s streets
1916 Surrenders: Captain H. E. de Courcy-Wheeler’s Eye-Witness Account by Alex Findlater (Edited by A & A Farmar) Produced by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, €11.99)
Recent books in brief
New children’s book tells a simple story while new memoir and novel share vivid stories
Each one of us is called
‘Becoming the Presence of God. Contemplative Ministry for Everybody’ by Michael Ford (Columba Press, €14.99)