Beth Steele
Steel works
Beth Steel’s House of Shades is a confident new nod to the tradition of multi-generation family sagas
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
The Foreign Office should be rooted in the past
Who and what is it for, if not the British people, and our history and culture?
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
How can we pay for our cathedrals?
Critics of silent discos in Canterbury Cathedral are silent on how to fund our churches