Mobile Phones
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
Childhood reclaimed
Mobile phones have been constraining our kids’ imaginations — but it does not have to be this way
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer
Eroticism contra porn
Sex scenes should be salvaged from hardcore pornography
The Church of England is practicing a secular religion
Equality, diversity and inclusion can be prioritised over religious faith
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink