David Selbourne
David Selbourne is the author of The Principle of Duty, The Spirit of the Age and The Losing Battle with Islam. His latest work, The Free Society in Crisis: A History of Our Times, was published in the United States in 2019 by Prometheus Books
The decline of the quality press
Frequent hyperbole means the media would struggle to describe a genuine disaster
A descent into chaos
What does the future hold beyond Brexit and Covid?
The Church of England has to rebuild trust
The next Archbishop must love this church back into health
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success