Should the Virgin Mary have had an abortion?
Given modern society’s strident pro-abortion stance and irreligious view of Christmas, it’s a wonder this question hasn’t already been raised
Perhaps Black Lives Matter was right about the nuclear family
James Jeffrey explains why he won’t be signing up for a BLM-mandated commune anytime soon
The knives come out for Ampleforth and its monks
The DfE has banned new admissions to Ampleforth following a child abuse scandal. But this former pupil remains thankful to the school’s Benedictine monks
Ethiopia weeps again
The Ethiopian prime minister’s Nobel Peace Prize appears increasingly ludicrous as he risks civil war
Time for the Covid-19 protest kiss
You don’t have to rush the Bastille to regain some freedom; a French kiss will suffice
Confessions of a dirty pilgrim
It doesn’t always pay to follow the most organised and efficient path
“Left flanking or straight up the middle with bags of smoke?!”
Not another Armistice Day to get through. And what about all the other pressing issues for which there is no poppy?
Are we entering an age of post-humourism?
Just when we need it more and ever, society’s sense of humour appears to be in terminal decline
The thorny problem Christianity and Judaism never address
Why do Christianity and Judaism still find it so hard to get along?
Flirting with the abyss
A benign trip to hospital offered a stark reminder that consciousness hangs by a deathly thread
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
