Sebastian Milbank

Historic occasions shouldn’t be ruined by narcissistic prats

In the face of monstrous violence, we are losing control of our public spaces

200 years ago, Goethe invented modern man

Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite

Labour’s triumph obscures worrying signs of division and chaos brewing in British society

The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob

With Corbynite leadership and conservative members, Unite embodies Labour’s identity crisis

The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come

Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity

The Spring Budget was a shameless manifesto of complacency and managed decline