Odesa
Odesa: The Battle for a City’s Soul
Putin’s war has only strengthened the Ukrainian identity of a port where many have turned against their own Russian language and want to tear down Moscow’s imperial monuments
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Sticky situation
Everyone’s Sticky Toffee Pudding recipe was different. All were revolting
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life