The Tablet

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The Tablet
ISSN
0039-8837

The Tablet is a Catholic international weekly review published in London.[1] Brendan Walsh, previously literary editor and then acting editor, was appointed editor in July 2017.[2]

History

The Tablet was launched in 1840 by a

England and Wales. It is the second-oldest surviving weekly journal in Britain.[3]

For the first 28 years of its life, The Tablet was owned by lay Catholics. Following the death of Lucas in 1855, it was purchased by John Edward Wallis, a Catholic barrister of the Inner Temple. Wallis continued as owner and editor until resigning and putting the newspaper up for sale in 1868.

In 1868,

cardinal), who had founded the only British Catholic missionary society, the Mill Hill Missionaries,[4] purchased the journal just before the First Vatican Council, which defined papal infallibility. At his death he bequeathed the journal to the Archbishops of Westminster, the profits to be divided between Westminster Cathedral and the Mill Hill Missionaries.[citation needed] The Tablet was owned by successive Archbishops of Westminster for 67 years. In 1935, Archbishop (later Cardinal) Arthur Hinsley sold the journal to a group of Catholic laymen. In 1976 ownership passed to the Tablet Trust, a registered charity.[5]

From 1936 to 1967, the review was edited by

The Independent on Sunday, became the first female editor of The Tablet in 2004.[8] She said that "the journal will continue to provide a forum for 'progressive, but responsible Catholic thinking, a place where orthodoxy is at home but ideas are welcome'."[3] In 2012 ITV journalist Julie Etchingham became the review's first guest editor, leading a special issue on the CAFOD charity.[9] On succeeding Catherine Pepinster as editor on 12 July 2017, Brendan Walsh said: 'I will do all I can to cherish and protect its values and the quality of its journalism.'[2]

Contributors to The Tablet have included Popes Benedict XVI and Paul VI (while cardinals), the novelists Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene, Mark Lawson, Francine Stock, Peter Hennessy, Henry Wansbrough and Bernard Green.[3]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Bell, Matthew (12 September 2010). "'There's nothing weird about being a Catholic and a liberal', says 'Tablet' editor". The Independent. UK. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  2. ^ a b "The Tablet appoints Brendan Walsh as editor". Thetablet.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ^ a b c "About us". Thetablet.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  4. ^ Miranda, Salvador. "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Vaughan, Herbert". Florida International University Libraries. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  5. ^ "The Tablet Trust, registered charity no. 271537". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  6. ISSN 1292-8968
    . Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Thanksgiving service for The Tablet's 175th birthday". BBC News. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  8. ^ The Independent, March 20, 2006.
  9. ^ "CAFOD's 50th Anniversary: Special Edition of The Tablet". CAFOD. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
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