Maker’s dozen
The buildings that forged Christian communities still powerfully impact them
How to take on the culture warriors
Determining what is and isn’t appropriate is not the job of thought-policing left authoritarians
What future for Winchester Cathedral Choir?
The choral tradition in the cathedral must be enlivened rather than diluted
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Three pheasants, one Land Rover
Labour’s new war on pheasant shooting is about who gets to decide how England’s land is used
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism