clergy
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
Concern trolling the clergy
The Church of England should reject The Times’ advice
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Quinlan Terry
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Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
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From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Women who play along …
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An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism