On 8 March 1941, a 27-year-old Dutch Jewish student living in enemy-occupied Amsterdam made the first entry in a diary that was to become one of the most remarkable documents to emerge from the Nazi Holocaust. Over the course of the next two and a half years, an insecure, chaotic and troubled young ... (more)

These 80 or so prayers were written principally for cathedral evensong, i.e. public worship, but are equally appropriate for private meditation. They are often powerful, thought-ful, ‘lean’ and not rambling, and some include a verse from Scripture. They are divided into two sections: prayers of a... (more)