The new televangelism
The best US television drama has a strong religious dimension
Letter from Washington: Biden’s Covid bind
How does the President really think the pandemic will end?
A fully-packed bookcase
Three books that each offer a traditional holiday-reading pleasure
The Afghanistan Withdrawal
Did Biden make the right call?
The myriad Mona Lisas
How the multiple Mona Lisa copies, and their prices, testify to the longstanding fame of the painting and its mystique
Black to Front
Diversity is everywhere, but the BBC, the NHS, the Police and the Bank of England want more
Passing on the batons
The future of conducting is looking bright — everywhere except in Russia and America
Are Truss and Gove the big winners?
Boris Johnson’s political skills have not deserted him
Death comes for the church building
The Church of England abandons historic buildings – can they have an afterlife?
Wheesht Spa
The Guardian would prefer it if women kept their mouths shut
How algebra cures wokeness
Maybe it’s because the hard sciences are so unifying that they are under attack