“The underground galleries, organs of the large city, would function like those of the human body, without revealing themselves to the light of day. Pure and fresh water, light, and heat would ...

LONDON — Tyburn Convent is situated in the heart of London, at the end of the busiest shopping street in Europe, Oxford Street, and facing the city’s Hyde Park. There is endless noise from the ...

They cut ties with family and friends, deny themselves material possessions, take a vow of silence and rarely set foot in the outside world. But, as Carlotta Maitland Smith discovers, the nuns of ...