Jubilee 2022
British past or American future?
Aussies have some soul-searching to do this Jubilee
Another Elizabeth, a second Anne
In our secular age the Queen has been Anglicanism’s most compelling representative
Why are republicans such “sour-faced Puritans”?
Opponents of the monarchy are also suspected of hating Christmas, puppies and the sound of children’s laughter
The Queen’s Jubilee Book List: why did they bother?
The choices show a lack of levity, imagination and courage
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships