Religion
Tom Holland: A Christian hero?
Marketing Tom Holland’s ‘Dominion’ as a Christian product would be a kiss of death in the UK, but it works across the pond
Evensong at the end of the world
ASH Smyth sings choral evensong for Candlemas, in Stanley cathedral
Catholicism at its most bonkers—and prescient
The strange and startling events at Fatima continue to intrigue and haunt as the Catholic Church wrestles against the liberalising world order
What would Jesus say?
Bishop Nazir-Ali replies to Frederic Raphael’s Open Letter to Jesus
Roger’s religion
Sir Roger Scruton’s religious views are dissonant but beautiful
Why Ireland’s blasphemy law needed to go
Insult for its own sake is childish and banal, but the ability to strongly criticise any creed is absolutely vital in a healthy democracy
Roger Scruton was no atheist – argues his literary executor
On the first anniversary of his death, Scruton’s literary executor says that it is a ‘travesty of the truth’ to think that Scruton joined the ranks of those evangelical atheists
Should the Virgin Mary have had an abortion?
Given modern society’s strident pro-abortion stance and irreligious view of Christmas, it’s a wonder this question hasn’t already been raised
A letter to Jesus
Frederic Raphael poses some pertinent questions to the son of God
Islamophobia and the suicide of the West
In our perverse desire to tolerate the intolerable we have succumbed to Christophobia
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Are all Christians monks?
George Guiver’s book exudes down-to-earthiness, bordering on irreverence
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
Release the hounds
The best university sport? Beagling
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
Too many silences in this book about music
The hazy treatment of what “music” even entails falls flat
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
