New painting challenges image of St George the crusader

A new painting of St George by highly regarded artist Scott Norwood Witts, which depicts the saint as a man of compassion rather than a crusader, is to be unveiled at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St George, Southwark, to mark the saint’s day next week. The...

Torture’s painful past and scandalous present

Torture, including torture by Americans: Who could have predicted that this would be a live topic here in the twenty-first century? We know how to associate torture with the accused and accusing other, with Inquisitors and witch hunters five centuries ago, or with...

Religion in Leeds is put in its place by new study

A small Leeds church designed in 1932 and described as a “gem” when it was built has been “rediscovered” and given a Grade II listing on the advice of English Heritage – which has also produced a new publication reflecting on the way...