Haute Couture
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak
Smartphones are not the source of all social ills
Phones and social media are easy scapegoats for our all too human follies
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
Dumbing down the priesthood
Unless the Church reinstates rigorous college-based training for clerics, it will wither away
The case for Christian converts
Don’t let allegedly bogus conversions cause you to forget that real ones exist
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Unpacking neurodivergence and gender identity
Neurodivergent teenagers are in danger of having their struggles miscategorised
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”