Paganism
Column: May We Touch the Past?
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Weekend editor Eric O. Scott comments on the recent defacement of Stoney Littleton Long Barrow and the relationship of Pagans to ancient sites.
Perspectives
Column: The Venerable Bede
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I am standing at an overlook outside the rail station in Durham. Mist covers the city, and slow rain leaves slicks along the path to my right. Past the lines of brick houses and motorways stands the newer Catholic church, Our Lady of Mercy and St. Godric. It’s barely a century-and-a-half old; I suspect the mortar between the stones is still wet.