Joel Osteen
Divided by a common Christian faith
While American churches remain deeply split on racial lines, there are hopeful signs of a rapprochement
An open letter against assisted dying
118 academics oppose the Leadbeater Bill
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
A Soviet revelation
David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition (58CDs, 3DVDs)
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
