O Holy Night, the Christmas carol set to soaring music, was banned in the land of its origin, France. It has a distinctly egalitarian flavour, but the ban came when the author of the poem that forms its lyrics denounced… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall on a different Christmas Our Christmas will be lovely this year. It always is. But Christmas can make us remember who’s not there, who we’d like to be. A sibling. Or parent. A grandchild or uncle or niece.… Continue Reading
It seems as though Matthew and Luke have taken turns providing pieces of a Christmas jigsaw puzzle. Luke gives us the shepherds and Matthew, the wise men. Mary meets the Archangel Gabriel in Luke; Joseph encounters a reassuring angel in… Continue Reading