Archived since 16 May 1840
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9,502 issues

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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.

The complete archive, of over 9000 issues, is now available for institutional subscribers. Fully searchable and easily navigable, this is undoubtedly one of the best resources available for tracing the history of the Catholic Church and world events over the last 170 years.

Latest Issue:

Out of shame, into the light
Contemporary Irish fiction has become explosively popular, and its authors are feeding, in part, on the decline of the Catholic Church / BY MARY KENNY

The disruptor Pope
One of Canada’s leading Catholic writers portrays Pope Francis as both a disruptor and a healer and unifier / BY MICHAEL W. HIGGINS

On the side of the Tiber
Though he loved the Church and taught many of its leaders, Gerald O’Collins SJ had a complex relationship with the Holy See / BY MICHAEL WALSH

It’s time to judge fairly
Parents broadly support the government’s scrapping of single-word Ofsted judgements for state schools / BY CARINA MURPHY

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  • First Issue: 16 May 1840
  • Latest Issue: 14 September 2024
  • Issue Count: 9,502
  • Page Count: 280,448
  • Published: Weekly
  • ISSN: 2059-6855