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The Roman station church pilgrimage of Lent, an ancient Christian tradition, was revived in the late 20th century by Anglophone believers living in Rome

Bland, self-serving and naive, Vicky Price’s 'prison memoir' contains not a jot of insight or introspection

Why did Alexis de Tocqueville write Democracy in America? Lucien Jaume’s excellent work of scholarship helps elucidate the answer by investigating the man

Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker is a masterpiece of historical scholarship, but fails entirely in its stated aim of linking political disaster to a

Diarmaid MacCulloch's new book on the Christian Church is entitled Silence but it might've been better if he'd just kept quiet

A glut of superb performances in 2012 reflects a rising general standard in the actor’s craft

In chess one should never take one's opponent in trust: it leaves one open to the swindle

Geoffrey Robertson's latest target is nuclear Iran. But his new book looks through the prism of "legal architectures" and so cannot offer real suggestions