Memorials
Some observations on public commemoration
Memorials should be meaningful, not mawkish
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Memorials to the fallen of Covid
An act of quasi-guerrilla commemoration
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay