Israel
The right to protest is not absolute
Freedom to protest should by constrained by freedom from violence
The limits of vengeance
We should be careful to avoid natural outrage inspiring irrationality
The decline and fall of community cohesion
We need a more substantive model of belonging
Are Christians complicit in Palestinian suffering?
An open letter to theologians deserves an answer — here’s mine
Israel at war: but where will it end?
Hamas knew its unprecedented attack would provoke ferocious retaliation and hopes the violence spreads
Ah, persecuting people over speech is bad now?
Yesterday’s censors are today’s free speech champions
Dear Eddy…
Failing to confront anti-Semitism can allow it to spread
Why we need a shared language
It is not just a matter of communication but of culture
The reality of hate
The West wouldn’t know what “hate” was if it punched them in the face
The Israel-Hamas conflict and the failure of the information war
The fear of disinformation can lead to an intellectual and political quagmire
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
The day of the DfIDs
The real problem with foreign aid
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
