Gerard Russell
Gerard Russell is the author of Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East.
Unholy politics and a Christian exodus
Middle Eastern Christians are facing the threat of extinction
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Ed Miliband is a bad environmentalist
He has put virtue signalling before effectiveness
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
