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
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
