Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
Britain’s Christmas “hobby horse” customs
“Animal guising” customs offer important insights into British festive culture
The meaning of the multi-faith area
Ugly as it is, it could be used for something beautiful
Sycamore Gap and Britain’s sacred trees
Why has one tree inspired such emotion?
Perkūnas in Kent
Eastern European “native faith” movements in the UK
Coronation in high definition
Confronting the mysteries of a sacred institution
Monarchy re-enchanted
The new Coronation liturgy underlines Charles III’s sacral kingship
Ritual, not pageantry
Understanding the Coronation
Corporations can become communities
Canary Wharf’s 8 Canada Square should be humanised
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Terrible beauty
Does the World Press know what constitutes photojournalism?
Why the election was good for Unionism
A diversity of voices will help rather than hinder the cause
Will Labour build back better?
The most conspicuous monuments of the last decade are the vast online shopping warehouses
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Lebanonisation in the UK
Sectarianism, crackdowns and ethnic tension are becoming the new normal in the UK
