Public Inquiry
Our inquiry problem
British public inquiries take forever and achieve too little
The inquiry industrial complex
What, if anything, do our investigations accomplish?
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town