Kindness
Lost in the Moral Maze
What is kindness, and is it the highest of virtues?
The happy-clappy compassion mask
Ewa and Mateusz Dymek say cruelty is being masked by compassion
Here comes trouble
Farage is going to cause huge headaches for the Tories, and may be here to stay
Blame Boris for Britain’s borders
Boris Johnson is no lost Conservative hero — he did tremendous harm
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
Organic snake oil salesmen
The Greens have an easy answer for any question (well, almost any question)
Balance the books
Britain’s soaring debt may not be as sustainable in the long term as figures suggest
Was The Bible written by slaves?
A new book maintains that enslaved scribes and readers may have affected the shaping of Christian ideas
Embracing the quiet life
Keir Starmer takes a vow of public service and perpetual dogmatic silence
What future for Winchester Cathedral Choir?
The choral tradition in the cathedral must be enlivened rather than diluted
Don’t blame “county lines” victims
Exploited children need protecting, not convicting