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The often-ludicrous battle to translate the Bible began before the Old Testament was finished, as John Barton's enjoyable The Word reveals

The wrong side has won this battle, and the U-turn weakens Kwarteng's attempt to change our economic culture

The Westminster Abbey service was a grand royal occasion yet, like the woman it honoured, radically simple

The Lord’s Prayer ('Our Father') will be spoken in a familiar form, avoiding archaic language

Thanks to the Society and Kilmister the 1662 Book of Common Prayer has continued in use in English churches

ON April 5, 1603, King James VI left the Palace of Holyroodhouse, where he had lived for most of his 37 years, and set out from his old capital of…

Madeleine Davies explores theories behind translations of the Gospels

As The Book of Dust hits the stage, Philip Pullman's Lyra stories can teach the dogmatic a thing or too about liberty and liveliness

Deep blushes of embarrassment, especially over soulless high-rise blocks during the “Brutalist” period of the 1950s and 60s, should now move on to sprawling lookalike estates and a myriad of other ugly urban excesses spreading insidiously across Skipper’s native patch. I am fortunate to find examples of his elegance and style on my Cromer doorstep. St Mary’s House, which until recently saw service as local health authority offices, stands proudly at the busy end of the road where we ins...