Archives
The republican anti-aesthetic
The most uninspiring, mundane movement
Learning of the Queen’s death in Delhi
An everyday patriotism
Love and remembrance
The funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II
On paying respects
A noble queue
The monarch and the matriarchy
A vision of womanhood
The Kreutzer Project (Avie)
An album sadly more quixotic than chivalric
The King’s touch
What Diana and French philosophy can teach us about the need for monarchy
The Queue
A strange and wonderous thing
The need to defend childhood
Some things don’t need deconstructing
Good mourning Britain
I Vow To Thee My Story
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 soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era