I've just watched Peter Snow and his son Dan on BBC2 taking us through Boudicca's rebellion. They made no bones ...   more »

I used to be snooty about ecclestical Latin, but now it seems to me that, from the point of view of keeping the language alive, any Latin is better than none, and from the spiritual aspect, great spiritual texts in a language that most people understand only in wee glimpses (gloria in excelsis must suggest something to everyone) are a lot more helpful than third-hand sentimentalities set to fourth-rate tunes.   more »