Unsung heroes
Those who stand outside abortion clinics offer help as well as prayers, but buffer zones cut off that lifeline
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
Fear the Keir
Starmer is Blair 2.0 — but this time, things can only get worse
Explaining the “gender pay gap”
It does not exist — or, at least, not as you might have thought
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
