Faith
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Reform can’t make Britain Christian again
Modern secularisation lies deeper than politics
The greatness of Christmas
O come, let us adore Him
Across the universalism
Christians should articulate a better way for faith to influence political thought
We need better Christians and better democracy
Religion need not improve our politics but it can
False faiths
The digital worship of the autonomous self is a dangerous and self-defeating creed
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive