Unique in its international coverage of religion, current affairs, politics, social issues and the arts, The Tablet is a weekly Catholic journal which has been reporting on events of significance for over 170 years.

Every week The Tablet provides in-depth and balanced coverage on a wide range of subjects and its contribution to topical issues is strengthened by its contributors: each issue contains the work of writers drawn from all over the world.

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Latest Issue

The general gloom has stretched our national sense of humour to its limits. Yet the best of our political cartoonists have bravely struggled on / By Julia Langdon



Firm intentions

Elizabeth Anscombe, born a century ago this month, remains an influential figure in academic philosophy and in Catholic apologetics / By John Haldane



The Tablet Interview: James Runcie

The 'Grantchester' author and son of a former Archbishop of Canterbury on why he didn’t have far to go to find a model for his vicar detective / By Peter Stanford



A prayer for life

A writer once taunted by pro-lifers recently decided to join them in a prayer vigil outside an abortion clinic / By Laura Keynes