Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
Musings on Martyrdom
For Christians, life entails both sacrifice and redemption
Journeys and generations
Life, for all its struggles, offers us the chance to be part of something glorious
Living well need not always mean living healthily
We should reject safetyism and embrace an uncomplicated zest for life
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
What’s wrong with our newspapers
Important news is being drowned in the tawdry and the trivial
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship