Messiah
Militantly waiting for the end of time
Sunni or Shia, Muslim or Christian, modern or pre-modern — messianism retains a potent attraction
Running scared of religion
Shelley’s story prompts us to consider the relationship between The Almighty and man
She’s not the messiah…
Watching Greta Thunberg and the hysterical devotion she arouses, I am reminded of Judaism’s best-known self-styled redeemer
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
The disingenuous anti-vax blame game
People have short memories about the MMR scare
A matter of National concern
This year’s race will come close to destroying its magic
The lonely end of a political failure
Leo Varadkar rode to power on a wave of optimism and is disappearing in a puff of disaffection
It’s time to transition babies
Even in the womb, many foetuses can sense their own trans identity
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
He’ll never let the old flag fall
Lee Anderson will never stand for insult, especially the insult of never being invited round for dinner
