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, whose names are familiar in their particular field of experience.

Latest Issue

Thoroughly modern Mary
Anthony Quinn reviews Mary Queen of Scots: Josie Rourke's film plays fast and loose with history but has some smart cinematography and costume design

Respecting the human form
Claims that the first people have been born with edited genomes raise deep ethical problems at the attempt to overcome human nature / by John Haldane

For whom does the great bell of Kiev toll?
The recognition of a new independent Orthodox Church in Ukraine has healed one schism but threatens a much greater one / by Edward Farrugia

How to solve the British housing crisis
An economist explains why the UK has seen a sharp rise in the number of rough sleepers, and suggests a radical plan of intervention / by Philip Booth