Catholicism
Catholicism at its most bonkers—and prescient
The strange and startling events at Fatima continue to intrigue and haunt as the Catholic Church wrestles against the liberalising world order
The paradox at the heart of Catholicism
Catholic catechism is one thing, but the beliefs of the more than a billion adherents are often something entirely different
Democrats are right to raise questions about Amy Coney Barrett
Will the Supreme Court’s new justice be able to commit to American secularism?
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Overmedicalisation is harming Generation Z
Zoomers are fragile because they have been told they are
A sound of Rowling thunder
Scotland’s government and police seem determined to turn themselves into a laughing stock
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
Dylan Mulvaney did not share our girlhood
His bizarre parody of the female experience is grossly offensive
The Church of England has failed on gender
To pursue kindness at the expense of truth is self-defeating
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
