The symbolism of light and darkness in the liturgy of Tenebrae illustrates this: the gradual extinguishing of candles represents the growing darkness and despair at the suffering of Christ. The ...

Stephanie Manahan, Chief Executive of Pieta, the suicide and self-harm prevention charity, writes about why it remains ...

The Duchess of Malfi contains a network of imagery related to light and darkness In The Terrors of the Night, the writer Thomas Nashe tells us that the "night is the devil's black book ...