Elgar’s Nursery suite dedicated to two young princesses - Towards the
end of his life Sir Edward Elgar dedicated a 'Nursery Suite" to two young princesses,
Elizabeth and Margaret and their mother, says music historian Monsignor Philip
Whitmore. A Letter to Dickens - A feature to mark the 200th anniversary
of the birth of Charles Dickens which includes the letter of a future pope to this
19th century novelist . The Papal States and all that : Part 2 - There's
never been a Concordat in an English speaking country because of the use of common
law" , says Jesuit historian Professor Gerald Fogarty who's currently teaching at
the University of Virginia in the United States. And 'Why Bother?" is back
with the saddest of stories - Monsignor Peter Fleetwood recently had to
celebrate a funeral mass for a nine week old baby by the name of Joseph ....