Ben Phillips
Ben Phillips is a researcher in music, religion and culture, specialising in the study of the Anglican Church in England and Wales. He tweets at @liturgicalben
How can we pay for our cathedrals?
Critics of silent discos in Canterbury Cathedral are silent on how to fund our churches
Covid and the Church of England’s retreat
Parishioners were ill-served by the Church’s pandemic response
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Imagine there’s no Gove
Who’s in the room matters, and there were some which would have been better off without Michael Gove
Killing with kindness
Sentimentality and euphemism cloak the cause of assisted suicide
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke