church architecture
Maker’s dozen
The buildings that forged Christian communities still powerfully impact them
The blessings on our doorsteps
It is all too easy to forget the astonishing cultural wealth that lies close to hand in our medieval parish churches
Why there has been no Street life
G.E. Street built or restored 113 churches for the Oxford diocese alone
Keystones of Britain’s history
Far too many young people are woefully ignorant of the splendour and meaning of our rich ecclesiastical architecture
Beyond the spires
Oxford is full of architectural riches
The meaning of the multi-faith area
Ugly as it is, it could be used for something beautiful
Restoring the numinous
The products of deeply felt faith and painfully acquired skills
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic