Michael Mcmahon is a UK based writer and columnist with a special interest in theology, art and literature. He has written features for The Telegraph, the Times, The Independent, The Tablet, The New Statesman, The Spectator, Chronicles of American Culture, The Australian, and The Sydney Morning Herald on educational, cultural, social and religious affairs. He broadcasted live on radio during his Franciscan Pilgrimage, and is planning to take another ancient pilgrim route, the Via Francigena, from Canterbury to Rome.