Christopher Howse

All the President’s Men has perpetuated the myth of the superpowered writer who hauls the nation’s polity back from disaster

The VR headset induced vertigo and the artefacts were fantastically dull – but young children enjoyed the spectacle

What giant creature should we erect in Britain to attract tourists and express the national spirit?

Gladstone’s character was a puzzle. Now Michael Wheeler has untangled his spiritual life

February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself

Far from feeling constrained by what the Bible says, the Middle Ages speculated boldly on whether God could have created an eternal cosmos

The pontiff’s memoir, Hope, offers a fascinating snapshot of his humble origins in Argentina. Just ignore the strange misattributions

Ignored by many art critics, the bed in many Renaissance paintings of the Annunciation has a strong symbolic meaning

A record four English cardinals will serve together for first time as Pope Francis unexpectedly names 79-year-old Father Timothy Radcliffe

There’s no sense in calling Jacob Elordi too white to play the bad boy in Wuthering Heights

A Voyage Around the Queen, the latest in Craig Brown’s series of fragmentary biographies, teems with facts, humour and intelligence

Against the odds, Hippolytus became a saint. His name is attached to a prayer that is nice and short

A stupendous trove of ancient papyri went mostly to Oxford. But some were given to schools, and one is now for sale

This charming historical town has secured government funds for regeneration – but it’s still showing signs of decline

Debates about English pronunciation have raged for decades but, thanks to the BBC, one consonant is back in the spotlight

Thank goodness local folk saved the medieval Abbey Street from demolition

The secret to turning the objects around us from a nuisance into a blessing

This has become an object lesson in how a thriving town can be ruined by poor building and haphazard planning

Do teeth really have to be so difficult? Old hand Christopher Howse and young gun Guy Kelly consider why they demand such attention

Our white goods have long been covered in metallic mementos, but have old hand Christopher Howse and young gun Guy Kelly gone cold on them?