Loss
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
When painters lose their sight
How the loss of vision can both help and hinder artists
Is it safe?
The torture of our new safety obsessed national psyche
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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
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven