John Scriven
John Scriven is author of Beyond the Odds, to be published on 8th November 2021, which explores the theme of providence in Britain’s wars of the 20th century.
Did prayer decide the Battle of Goose Green?
The expedition to take back the Falkland Islands was riskier than we might think
Invisible hand
Did peace prevail in the World Wars thanks to providential deliverance, or just a number of very fortunate occurrences?
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Twitter’s doxxing problem
Social media “outings” expose serious lapses in legality and digital morality
In defence of hereditary peers
We should preserve Britain’s magical eccentricity
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
There is no human right to assisted suicide
Lady Hale is wrong about the existing laws
Godfather of the Reformation
Cranach’s impact on the Reformation would have been impossible without his earlier success as a secular artist
The whores and mores of Hanoverian London
The (not so) gentlemen of 18th-century London were a libidinous lot
Boris comes down from the mountain
Is he the Tory messiah, or just a very naughty boy?
The schadenfreude election
The Labour landslide is a clarifying moment, which will be good for British political debate