Sounding Board
Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
How many will talk themselves into asking for a parent’s early death if money is involved?
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Turning shares into swords
The Church doesn’t invest in defence companies, but it prays you continue to do so
A misguided election briefing
The Church must recognise there are Christians on both the left and right of politics
Please remember, terrorism is evil
Worrying numbers of people romanticise the brutality of those perceived as “oppressed”
Existential questions
The Conservative Party has to come up with some compelling answers if it is to survive
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
Dumbing down the priesthood
Unless the Church reinstates rigorous college-based training for clerics, it will wither away
The deep wisdom of rootedness
Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place