Religion
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Reform can’t make Britain Christian again
Modern secularisation lies deeper than politics
The problem with multifaith prayer rooms
Despite the name, these spaces can be less than inclusive
Musings on Martyrdom
For Christians, life entails both sacrifice and redemption
The incredulity of Christmas
Only a world with Jesus makes sense
Silence in the Phoenix
On the transcendent qualities of acting
Will religion divide the British right?
Using Christianity as a political prop does not help anyone
False faiths
The digital worship of the autonomous self is a dangerous and self-defeating creed
Christians need imagination in the modern world
Why evangelicals in bright blazers won’t save Christian politics
You can’t have a Christian West without Christians
Christian politics cannot exist without actual dedication to Christ
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Borne back into the past … of Bolton
Oh no, not another cliche!
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
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Keir has my complete backing – Wes
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then