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Thomas Becket

Scorsese’s Becket Walks a Tightrope

For Martin Scorsese, Becket’s life raises questions of how to find God in politics, and whether saints can belong to organizations predisposed to corruption and worldly ambition.

Thomas Becket: Martyrdom at Christmas

For nearly seven years, I worked at the Church of England’s Council for Christian Unity, as part of the staff of the Archbishops’ Council....

Postcard from Norwich

It has been one of the axioms of contemporary culture in Britain that cathedrals and museums have exchanged places. Cathedrals, which were once the...

Museum Review: Thomas Becket, Rock-Star Saint

“Thomas Becket: Murder and the Making of a Saint” The British Museum, Bloomsbury, London May 20-August 22, 2021, £17 Review by Charlotte Gauthier Few English saints have captured...

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