Lucy Sixsmith
Lucy Sixsmith is a poet and a PhD student at Trinity College, Cambridge. She tweets at @lucysixsmith
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Pastorship and power
Church leaders should be vigilant against the abuse of authority
What we don’t talk about when we don’t talk about death
Mourning and moving furniture
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
