Sing when you’re sinning
Football may be the new religion, but it faces the same challenges as the old
Turbulent priests
How should the clergy best engage in politics and public disputes?
Preaching to the choir
The Church will soon hit a Hartlepool moment, when people who feel politically unwelcome go elsewhere
Conflicts of interest
Labour, like the Church, may never reconcile the different views of all its supporters
The redemption we need
After a national Lent that has lasted a year, we can smell the blossom of hope
A rascal – but leave it at that
We need to mind our language when describing those with whom we disagree
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
Rosie Cackle
Veteran comedienne
A pimp-led pyramid scheme
OnlyFans’s decision to remove porn creates a Catch-22 for those who are reliant on it
Don’t sever the head
How the cultural shift and a departure from central purposes risks making the Church unrecognisable to the grassroots members who support it
Inside the memory of 9/11
Twenty years later, it’s hard to remember how the world reacted with a unity unthinkable today
Can the power of information be controlled?
The internet democratised speech but with the new Online Safety Bill, politicians and the media are trying to put the genie back in the bottle
The German threat to English exceptionalism
As England prepare to face the “old enemy” at Wembley, its impact on the nation’s mood — and our wider politics — cannot be underestimated
Politics is a game of two halves
The Euros – politics by other means
Dazzled by manias and lured by wild gambling
The drives behind the Victorian periodical press and penny literature
Ties out, tattoos in
Whether ties are out or tattoos are in, there is a performative aspect that in both cases can hide a murkier if not awful truth
National distrust
Like the monasteries, the National Trust has long since strayed from its purpose. It’s time for reformation or dissolution