Stay updated with breaking news from Murray Grigor. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
SEVERAL people have asked me for my opinion, as a writer about history, on the One Britain One Nation (OBON) nonsense that has caused such a furore.
The New Springtime of Vatican II in one Building: St. Peter’s Seminary in Cardross, Scotland (image: tom Kidd / Alamy Stock Photo) If there is one building complex in the entire world that is emblematic of the state of the Vatican II Church, it is probably that of St. Peter’s Seminary near Cardross, Scotland. Conceptualized in the 1950s, construction began in 1961 and concluded in 1966. The Catholic Church left behind by Pope Pius XII (d. 1958) was robust and thriving, and so the seminary was constructed to house as many as 100 young men studying for the Catholic priesthood. But then came...
In May 2019 we formally launched Inspiring Generations, the first comprehensive philanthropic campaign in the history of the university and the largest ever to be launched on the island of Ireland. Other key flagship projects of Inspiring Generations include the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute that will transform cancer patient care and the new E3 Institute in Engineering, Environment and Emerging Technologies that will find balanced solutions for a better world. The response to Inspiring Generations from our global community has been extraordinary, and we’re well on targe...
THE SOUND of the cello, a pleasure for the ear and appealing to the heart as the instrument many believe is closest in sound to the human voice, will be at the centre of a new festival for Galway.
Treasures of Malta, Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti It had to be something like the latest issue of Treasures of Malta to provide a most welcome modicum of cheer in these bleak times, not least with its striking cover of a detail from a 16th-century frescoed map of Malta hailing the 1565 victory over the Ottomans. It lies in the Hall of Maps at the Vatican, one among several showing the lands over which the pope held authority. In 1732, Louis XV gifted Grand Master Manoel de Vilhena with a fine portrait of himself by Jean Baptiste van Loo. Van Loo took over the commission from the famous por...