The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
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
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Cofnas, Cambridge and academic freedom
Truly provocative ideas are still unwelcome in our universities
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)