Sir John Jenkins
Sir John Jenkins is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange
What does “religious literacy” mean for free speech?
The APPG on Religion in the Media’s report into “religious literacy” in the media is deeply flawed in its understanding of Islam in particular
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
Waugh at war
Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s society
What Lowry saw in the sea
The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm
Can jokes in terrible taste ever be funny?
Wisecracks is clearly the work of an academic philosopher adept at teasing out fine distinctions between “offenses” and “harms”
Polls at the pics
Films offer windows into the British and American political processes
For realism, against Scottish nationalism
Progress depends on rejecting the delusions of independence
Ireland’s Future has no future
Despite Irish separatist campaigning, Northern Ireland’s future remains firmly in the UK
Immigration is still the elephant in the room
Violence is appalling, yet we have to understand the conditions from which it emerged
Labour could cause irreversible damage in government
Don’t give Keir Starmer a blank cheque to rewrite British society
The Worlds of Marco Polo: The Journey of a Thirteenth-Century Venetian Merchant; Palazzo Ducale, Venice
For millennia all that was rare, exquisite, gorgeous and strange traversed the “Silk Road”