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
The deep wisdom of rootedness
Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place
Alan Bates Britain
The case for dramatising every national scandal
Conscious decoupling
Some people consider ideas on their own terms; for others they are inextricable from context
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
Winning sinner
That 1999 Tour needed Armstrong quite as much as he needed it
Killing with kindness
“Be kind” culture has abandoned adolescent girls
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
