Downside Abbey News Today

Born on March 31, 1890, died on March 3, 1978

An 11-bedroom garden-to-table restaurant with rooms in the quiet hamlet of Holcombe

Every year, the Catholic Herald draws up a list of prominent Catholics in the UK – and every year, the criteria for entry are slightly d

There’s a small cemetery in the grounds of Downside Abbey. Surrounded by a thick hedge, and overlooked by the stout neo-Gothic bulk of the abbey tower, it contains rows of metal crosses. Since 1794 when the Benedictine community came to Britain from Catholic France, it’s where most of its monks have been buried. They would join as novices in their early 20s and know that, decades later, that is where they would end up.

Elena Curti

Alice Smellie gives Somersets The Holcombe a glowing review. She stays in one of the dog-friendly lodges, which features freshly made cookies and a wood-burning stove.

If you think Bond films are dramatic, the true story of this Neath-born agent might shock you.

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