Hymns
Earworms — some Profane, mostly Sacred
Hymns can be as catchy as popular music
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Pornhub exposed
The tenth most visited website in the world was effectively castrated by a middle-aged American mum
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
