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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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country