The Catholic Herald
William writes for The Spectator, Sunday Times Magazine, The Telegraph Magazine, The Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, Catholic Herald and The Tablet.
He was the winner of 'Writer of the Year' at the 2022 PPA Independent Publisher Awards. He has been named 'Editor of the Year' twice.
Below are links to a selection of recent articles, along with the header/standfirst or a few words on the context in which they were written. The articles are listed by date.
2024
December 24th - A Christmastide Requiem for my Great Uncle Bulgaria
December 7th - Diary: William Cash, outgoing editor of the Catholic Herald
November 17th - Steering the spiritual ship: our outgoing editor reviews 140 years of the Catholic Herald
October 19th - In Lourdes, all are winners: Heading to the Pyrenees, rolling up sleeves and setting to work with the Order of Malta
October 1st - A very American narrative: The rise of JD Vance that brought him to tonight’s vice-presidential debate
September 01 - Letter from the Editor: Election fever, remembrance and pilgrimage
July 20th - A crucial window into the Catholic past: Speaking to the Rector at the Venerable English College
June 4th - Nevill Holt Festival: how a Catholic Recusant house has become a new Glyndebourne of the Midlands
June 1st - The unofficial First Lady of New Orleans: a profile in faith of Gayle Benson
May 7th - Letter from the Editor: The Pope of Rome
March 31st - Letter from the Editor: A very Happy Easter to our readers
March 27th - Letter from the Editor: Keeping our souls and churches in good (and sacred) order
January 27th - A journey of contrasts: leading Herald pilgrims along the Way of St Francis
January 14th - New tricks bring an old Da Vinci to life in Amsterdam
January 1st - Letter from the Editor: Jeremy Irons, the Cotswolds, charity and Da Vinci
2023
November 30th - Da Vinci Genius: ‘a dynamic interactive show, perfectly suited to do justice to Leonardo’s eclectic oeuvre’
November 6th - Letter from the Editor: Assisi, the Synod, and Israel-Palestine
November 1st - Thomas More College of Liberal Arts: Life lived in the Truth in a colonial farmhouse
September 26th - Gloria, Dowager Princess of Thurn und Taxis: Fervent campaigner for conservative Catholic values and practices
August 25th - Portugal is facing the new world once again
August 5th - A deeply-loved bon viveur and deathbed convert: Augustin Hochschild, 1965-2023
August 1st - Letter from the Editor: Concerns over Synod and Conclave
July 19th - World Youth Day and the cementing of the Vatican-Lisbon axis
June 30th - Letter from the Editor: July 2023
June 2nd - Bishop Neil Scantlebury of Barbados: A local man to tackle local challenges
May 28th - Letter from the Editor: June 2023
May 22nd - An old manor house on the road to Fátima has its own story of the miracles
March 3rd - Letter from the Editor: Crisis in the Church and growth for the Herald
January 31st - Letter from the Editor: Remembering Benedict XVI at Cambridge
January 11th - The ordeal of Cardinal Pell: an interview
January 3rd - The Herald embarks on pilgrimage to the Holy Land
January 3rd - Heritage: A History of How We Conserve Our Past, by James Stourton
January 1st - After 135 years, the Herald begins new US ownership chapter
2022
November 2nd - UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Ilyas Khan
November 2nd - UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Cherie Blair
October 2nd - Pilgrims progress to Santiago
October 1st - Shaping the Catholic Agenda
September 18th - Lying in state
August 12th - Bach’s divine gift brought to life
August 12th - ‘I fight the good fight, the good fight of faith’
April 29th - Fighting for faith
March 30th - Diary: Witnessing the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
March 11th - “These are not fake migrants. These are desperate women and children.”
January 27th - ‘At Worth, there is a strong invitation to faith’
2021
December 26th - Diary: William Cash looks to the future of Catholic Journalism
November 29th - The ordeal of Cardinal Pell
November 25th - Rhodes to past glories
October 11th- Scotland’s Spiritual Isle
August 27th - A Hebridean wander with Kenneth Clark
August 5th - Architecture’s Charles Ryder
August 5th - The miracle of St Fillan
July 1st - In which we serve
June 1st - Profiting from Penance
June 1st - Brothers in alms
May 1st - On the way to Walsingham
May 1st - Farewell to Alms
April 1st - Some peace and quiet
March 1st - Speed demons
March 1st - A Pope for our times
January 20th - The Unloved One
2020
December 29th - The road to Canterbury
September 29th - The long path to the Holy Island
July 10th - Just what every pilgrim needs
July 7th - The road to Canterbury
May 12th - Do Catholics make faster racing drivers?
April 2nd - Tales of isolation with Chaucer
2019
November 28th - A Catholic city: Paris in November
October 17th - St Peter’s has become a cathedral of selfie-dom
September 26th - A meeting with my ‘cousin’, Rosanne Cash
August 29th - What should the Vatican do now with Castel Gandolfo?
13th June - My grandfather’s D-Day sacrifice
30th May - Diary: Brexit, Boris and an embarrassing house tour
14th March - Diary: The day Hillary Clinton went to a Traditional Latin Mass
2018
20th December - Diary: Introducing Americans to the three-hour lunch
25th October - The Catholic Herald is launching in America
25th October - Diary: by William Cash
9th August - William Cash: The disturbing reality of the death penalty
19th July - A garden rescues a man from depression
16th May - Tom Wolfe – the Evelyn Waugh of Wall Street
26th April - Diary by William Cash
25th January - ‘Politics makes a difference’
2017
14th December - William Cash: Why Rees-Mogg is betting on Boris
16th November - Meeting the Evelyn Waugh of Wall Street
17th August - The hidden places where history is made
27th July - A master calligrapher in search of healing
6th July - The DUP is peeking jealously over the border
8th June - William Cash: Campaigning brings out the inner schoolboy
25th May - William Cash: Read between the lines in the manifestos
4th May - William Cash: Theresa May’s secret A-list
13th April - William Cash: How to dodge that EU divorce bill
23rd March - The heartache of busy men
2nd March - Is it time for a Tory split?
9th February - What our politicians can learn from America
26th January - The wreck that nearly ruined me
24th January - After the Supreme Court decision, we could see major parliamentary battles – or a general election
19th January - The Stones of Buildwas