Martyrdom
Musings on Martyrdom
For Christians, life entails both sacrifice and redemption
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The right has a conspiracy problem
Conspiracies exist — but the temptation to use them as an all-purpose explanation is wrongheaded
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Red tape and black markets
Prohibition is a criminal’s best friend
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence