Books
Turning a blind eye to the migration problem
Those with power and public influence are reluctant to confront anything but symptoms
Signposts of the sacred and mundane
What would it have been like to worship in parish churches in the Middle Ages?
The misunderstood satirist of sin
In the minds of many, this book threatened to undermine and destabilise the moral order
The making of Anglican Ulster
A new book makes a worthy start in exploring a strangely neglected subject
The condescension of class analysis
A new book about the white working classes only tells part of the truth
The arrogance of academics
The author’s own politicised speech norms are obvious but never reflected upon
Man or superman?
Loud’s biography of Emperor Frederick I is neither a hagiography nor a hatchet job
Who are the household names now?
Cultural fragmentation has led to a decline in shared knowledge
Courtly love
Queen James: The Life and Loves of Britain’s First King by Gareth Russell
Booker candidates … and also-rans
The measure of a novel is not its ideas but how it animates those ideas
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane