Aubrey MaloneDanny Collins (15A)
Category: Reviews
Enthusiasm for equality didn’t last long
Courtney McGrailHumour was welcome in an intense week, writes Brendan O’Regan
The modernisation of the world from differing perspectives
Ten books that caused controversy in their analyses of the Middle Ages are put under the spotlight on medievalists.net. Stephen Greenlat’s award-winning 2011 book The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, which addresses the end of the Middle Ages and the beginnings of the Renaissance, is identified as a book disliked by medievalists “partially because…
Fatima: What happened afterwards
A Pathway under the Gaze of Mary: Biography of Sister Maria Lucia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart O.C.D. by the Carmel of Saint Teresa, Coimbra, Portugal (World Apostolate of Fatima, €25; available from publishers at www.bluearmy.com )
The inner truth of Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater: The Mystery Hymn by Desmond Fisher (Gracewing, €9.99)
On the track of Irish monks in Europe
On the Pathways of the World / Sulle Strade del Mondo by Enzo Farrinella (Edizioni Casa Italia, €15.00; contact enzo.farinella@gmail.com)
Oscar Romero: The life and influence of a modern martyr
Peter CostelloOscar Romero, the Archbishop of San Salvador, in El Salvador, was shot to death by a sniper on the altar of the chapel of the Divine Providence hospital where he was celebrating evening Mass on March 24, 1980. This was done by agents of the state who were never brought to trial. In his life Oscar…
Peace breaks out for Lizzie and Mag in royal romp
A Royal Night Out (12A)
Debate intensifies as referendum day nears
Brendan O’ReganBrendan O’Reagan argues ‘an impartiality deficit in the media’ approaching referendum day
All About Eve for the modern era as Stewart excels
Clouds of Sils Maria (PG)