Sofia 130

December 2018

Come All Ye

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Editorial
Covers
  • Front cover image :  Murmuration of Starlings over Brighton West Pier Photo: Philip Reeve-Shutterstock
  • Back cover image :  The Madonna of the Meadow by Giovanni Bellini. National Gallery, London.
Articles
Poetry
  • Mary’s Quilt by James Priestman
  • Performance by Kathleen McPhilemy
  • Carrion Comfort by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Reviews
  • Martin Spence reviews Severn Types of Atheism by John Gray
  • Pauline Pearson reviews Athanasia of Alexandria by David M. Gwynn
  • David Lambourn reviews Past Perfect by Stephen Mitchell
  • Graham Shipley reviews How Can I Believe? by John Cottingham
  • Kathryn Southworth reviews Selected Poems by John Heath-Stubbs
Regulars and Occasionals
  • Letters
  • Revisiting: Alison McRobb revisits Middlemarch by George Eliot
  • As I Please: John Pearson goes to the cinema.