Canterbury Tales redux
Pilgrimage still serves to bring people together
Don’t mock the Med mindset
What the Spanish have lost in international relevance, they make up in appreciating life
Justin Trudeau’s heartless hypocrisy
Has the Canadian premier’s shameful silence been bought with Tigray gold?
Where do you draw the line?
The West should think twice before providing endless weaponry to Ukraine
Ethiopia’s sacred tablets must remain in Britain
With thousands dying in Tigray, why is Parliament discussing ancient relics?
The Texas youth transition law
Children are once again caught in the middle of a culture war over gender
Advancing to Addis
History appears to be repeating itself as Ethiopia’s capital could once again fall to Tigrayan rebels
Prohibition by other means
Do rising alcohol prices indicate the good times really are over — or could they harbour our freedom?
Under the gun
Government to tally veteran suicides for the first time
We need to forgive Shamima Begum
An ISIS bride calls Christianity’s bluff
When the populist meets the Pope
Javier Milei and Pope Francis represent very different and often hostile elements of Argentinian cultural life
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Stopping the devolution ratchet
More devolution will not solve the worst consequences of devolution
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
Is a guaranteed sale fair?
Auction house practices may be distorting the picture
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Why the Intellectual Dark Web has failed
Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
The paper tiger and the Russian bear
NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
