Joad Raymond Wren
Writing the first draft of history
The Great Exchange: Making the News in Early Modern Europe by Joad Raymond Wren
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken