Heartbeats at Christmas
On embracing human life as an unqualified good
A.S. Byatt and the follies of magical progressivism
The late novelist understood the dangers of ego-centred delusions
Against Christianity’s cultured admirers
Faith is far more than worldly fulfilment and success
The decline and fall of community cohesion
We need a more substantive model of belonging
Netflixland
Against the flattened world of modern popular culture
Farewell to the counterculture
Róisín Murphy’s cancellation is a tale of poachers turned ideological gamekeepers
Higher education: a diagnosis
We need to address the underlying causes of academic decline
The tyranny of weed
How the drug took over our public spaces
The crisis of loneliness
We have never been more connected, or more isolated
Cancelling the soul
A culture of censoriousness is stifling our civic life