Religion
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
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
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
Our AI overlords will end bigotry
Bring on the machines
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb