Plague and pestilence
Covid-19 has reawakened the medieval superstition that bad things happen to bad people
The danger of rewriting history
There is a concerted attempt to reconstruct what children are taught about their history
Condemned to a life sentence
We treat prisoners of war better than care home residents
Tolerance? Intolerable!
National debate used to be encouraged by the Anglican state — but those days are fast disappearing
The courage to defeat Evil
Why are people fighting a long-dead slave trade rather than resisting the triumph of a real one?
Bishops’ different hymnsheet
The Church of England has worked to broaden its diversity of background, but its diversity of opinion has declined
Learning to love on Twitter
Our online behaviour is, if the last two months are anything to go by, depressing
Sacred — and vital — spaces
A church is not the same as an old castle or a pub
Are we an oppressor nation?
Marcus Walker responds to an article calling for a re-examination of Britain’s history
God’s comeback
The Church of England has found God again
Fishermen’s tails
Through history, Mermaids have been treated as more real than legendary, even by those who have had a reputation to uphold
Biden’s Latin lesson
How Hispanic voters across the country returned historic swings to Trump
2020: Refugees continue to suffer
Turkey blackmails Europe, Greece adopts a policy of deterrence, and the EU remains divided
Timelessness trumps timely
What we have is pure storytelling delight, a page-turner that works forwards and backwards as the reader fills in the gaps
The Cummings I knew
Did Dominic Cummings learn his management style from Klute Nightclub in Durham?
It shouldn’t happen to a spad
Ministers have always needed people to carry their bags and to tell them what a wonderful job they are doing
China’s long march towards global hegemony continues
Unfortunately for Britain, those things which might be hoped to constrain a budding imperial power do not hold China back
What’s in the Brexit deal?
Four things the ERG’s ‘star chamber’ will need to consider before voting for the Brexit deal
A lighter shade of grey
This scholarly, readable and objective book will be the standard biography of Sir Edward Grey for decades to come
The Covid Physician’s true coronavirus timeline
“My experience is no one but the government and mainstream media are sharing apocalyptic Covid-19 death experiences with me”