Fitzroy Morrissey
Fitzroy Morrissey is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He tweets at @fitzmorrissey
God is in the details even of secular history
The story of the Middle East cannot be explained without religion
Militantly waiting for the end of time
Sunni or Shia, Muslim or Christian, modern or pre-modern — messianism retains a potent attraction
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Bridget Phillipson: culture warrior
The Labour party seems determined to end the culture war — by winning it
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
No room for reform?
We should hope that even the worst people can change
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama
Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia