The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Givers and takers
Britain needs a fairer and more moral economic system
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
We’re all living in America
For all the talk of “BRICS” and “multipolarity”, America is still number one
Welcome to the new politics
The Greens might have succeeded in Gorton and Denton but their strategy is unsustainable
Everyone wants to live in the 90s
We have to get serious about rebuilding British culture
The sloppening
The AI ideologues misunderstand what makes humans special
A populist wake-up call for centrists
The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay by Stephen Davies
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Critical briefing: Belgian Channel crossings
How the geographical spread of Channel crossings has been widening
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation