The Benedict XVI generation
How his “dynamic fidelity” responded to the needs of a changing world
The soul of the hard hat
On competing visions of modern life
The suburbanisation of Stonehenge
Spiritual clichés offer no more than mere commerce
Inside the box
Microdosing, drug use and interiority
The conversion of Jeffrey Dahmer
How should we think about evil?
The authenticity illusion
We all have a little LARPer inside us
The decline of madness
The colourful history of the Tavistock Clinic
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
The revolution will be half-empty
Britain’s answer to America’s biggest conservative gathering offered empty seats, familiar grievances and a vision of the country that exists largely in the imagination.
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you