Bijan Omrani

Bijan Omrani’s new book, God is an Englishman: Christianity and the Creation of England, is published by Forum Press in April.  He tweets at @BijanOmrani

What would it have been like to worship in parish churches in the Middle Ages?

Why does Christianity get erased from the history of British social reform?

A fractured nation needs its unifying sounds

If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional

Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens

It is all too easy to forget the astonishing cultural wealth that lies close to hand in our medieval parish churches

A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?

Chula finds a cultural confidence in Malawi that is lacking in the contemporary West

England would miss the faith if it disappeared

Peter Stothard’s penetrating biography could not be more apposite in this age of political turmoil