Dan Waterfield
Dan Waterfield is a Social Democrat with a PhD in History. He tweets at @danwaterfield
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
Justification by merit alone?
The American Dream is a national theology foundered on the rocks of race and meritocracy
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
