WORD FROM THE CLOISTERS layothetablet.co.uk Our man in Nottingham LAST SATURDAY, Nottingham’ splendid ‘St Barnabas Cathedral hosted a study day on ‘Graham Greene as part ofits 175th anniver- sary celebrations iberia, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Vietnam: Greenes novels are marked by their sense of place. But Nottingham, damp and sooty but ‘place of “sudden contrasts” also satisticd his appetite for the seedily exotic. Greene arrived here in November 1925, and stayed ‘with his dog, Paddy, in All Saints Terrace for four months while working asa subeditor for the local newspaper Tewas a decisive moment in islife and fie- tion,as James Moran, a regular on our books pages who attended the study day, told us. ‘Shortly after arriving, as Greene described it later, he“slipped a note into a collection box inthe cathedral, asking for instruction because my flaneée was Catholie. I wanted to under~ stand what she believed in, I wanted abetter grasp of the nature of her faith. Thad no thought of becoming a eonvert myself” Greene met the remarkable Fr Trollope, a former actor, and as the duo rattled around the streets together on the top deck of local ‘ams they discussed transubstantiation and the communion of saints. The study day began with a tour of Pugin’ cathedral with loeal poet, Ruth Shelton. She pointed out-the font Where the 21-year-old Greene was baptised (on 26 February 1926."When I was baptised,” he wrote, “I made it clear that Thad chosen the name of Thomas to identify myself not with StThomas Aquinas but with StThomas the doubter.” Towards the end of his life, Greene told an interviewer: “have, if you like, more doubts, but my faith has grown too. Greene et Nottingham in March 1926, having secured a subeditor job at The Times. IT HAS been reproduced in newspapers ‘around the world, and isthe background to ‘countless pictures of smiling pilgrims and ‘conser-swinging acolytes. What will happen now to the lovely blue banner ofa thoughtful, ‘and relaxed John Henry Newman that loomed happily over the unforgettable proceedings in St Peters Square two weeks ago? ‘Fr George Bowen of the London Oratory, the indefatigable director of the Newman ‘canonisation committe, tells us thatthe por trait was made with the help of th photographer, Richard Wilding, well known {for his documentation of cultural identity in the Middle East. It isa skilfully colourised version ofthe photograph of Newman smiling ‘that Fr Bowen found in Dor Cuthbert Butler’ Life and Times of Bishop Ullathorne, pub- lished in 1926. (Butler's father had been the first professor of mathematies at Newman’ Catholie University in Dublin.) The picture ‘was dropped intoa sumptuous woven tapestry ‘frame provided by lever people atthe Vatican, who reuse i at canonisation ceremonies, ‘The Oratorians are still working out the {details with the Vatican but it is hoped that the portrait will eome back to Birmingham. PULA PRIZE CROSSWORD No, 680 Alanus favs ktieoneeshateatbefet) Bee weave Rens a Eh TPetpmidrabewety ren’ atyoe seer kde 1G) eros peers) [ oa Wet atts ih Aqui ORserigsT) Dom seb = ‘foptstaiece icant) em AftOeamy stg Senda err Trhevastannedaeaiee 6) regan) to" Pamd.tnaybere)6) 20a etareeearanesay inert ney en DisaineioueneyDdedwiee es) 18S eo ie eee NemanavecienoteGaoke — K-~tpansct Mae ats) cua) Afrecatttvisetarasvitshdste ttt nouns nig "ioe ——--~ benbyean —Redapes 6) xorthgtoa an deb) eg CatICDANEAS|—_—SPlsate SL Cad ate 25a aterle sea ke Mbauedysmepige tea etuaeencne teste) tbortthedaa9 Se Dru utter TAs Dero an) eats) {Mirae tte 56 Fees asnes:Coswed opens te, SUDOKU Moderate ‘ae, Se oer un a wee WEE times (ESS iaicttatetthtatet co, wthCossrrdinthe bet ie. | 3/5 slo 4 | nndeadeue z ‘easel youl tenner nema acess ad ncaa el ig abe Ths = on ea Pina 5 6 cannes seolis ely ae femte Ps ey Sat sites wig oe eo OE Ge ‘etter dant fay oem Me sa alo aero _roeiooe el pase otecwaed wre posleasleas aps thebNovember ise 7 5 4 9 ee afer als 72 o| iz orale aalens Prizes kindly donated by asaleesfoas 8 4 4 a WT an Mb Bah Art CSS DIMERS EDLY PRESS 8 2 gui Down: 2 Amphora 32; 4 Caspar, Salvator 6 Mund; wewcoup.com | rhea sn an 7 Cae 2 a3 zie 5 2 Norma; 22 Pogo. Winner Fr ch hacky, Isaac, Suh {0 | THETABLET | 26 ocTOBER 2019 For more features, news, analysis and comment, vst wwvethetablt co.uk