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Self-help with Samuel Johnson
Improving ourselves takes good principles, not mere goals
New Year’s Rishilutions
Can he turn things around? Probably not
I hate PRIME with a passion
Where does advertising stop and entertainment begin?
Animation grows up
Jibaro is an artistic triumph
Should young people emigrate?
Peter Hitchens is wrong about the prospects for right-wingers
Read for pleasure
Against the functionalist approach to literature
Christianity’s dying passion
England would miss the faith if it disappeared
In defence of family life
Some things are more important than the line going up
We called him Dave
The case against Cameron
The unreliable auntie
Why does the BBC so often fail to inform?
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party