Christian Liberalism
God’s comeback
The Church of England has found God again
It is they who will surrender
We have all of tomorrow’s excuses today
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
Alan Bates Britain
The case for dramatising every national scandal
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
