Religion
Will US Catholic bishops go for the sacramental jugular?
Joe Biden may be told he can no longer accept Holy Communion if he continues advocating for abortion
The decline of the humanist movement
The puritanical secularism of the American Humanist Association is a stark departure from the founding principles of humanism
What does the Anti-Racism report mean for the Church?
The Church of England cannot afford to kowtow to all of the demands made by the Church’s Anti-Racism Taskforce
Is incitement to religious hatred the new blasphemy?
In a new lecture for Gresham College, Ivan Hare QC discusses the law’s attempts to deal with hatred and vilification throughout history
The questionable innocence of Pontius Pilate
Steve Morris argues that this new book about Pontius Pilate helps us understand the limits of state and law
Richard Coles and the madness of grief
Michael Coren talks to his friend, Rev Richard Coles, about Coles’ forthcoming memoir on love, loss and grief
The pleasure of hating
Debates over what constitutes ‘hate speech’ reintroduce dangerous concepts of sin and morality into our common law
C. S. Lewis: The making of a reluctant Christian superstar
Rev. Steve Morris identifies Lewis’s experience at a remote World War Two airbase as defining the way of talking to regular people about the spiritual life
Why is atheism no longer cool?
How the New Atheists failed to make God go away
The Christian case for supporting abortion rights
Rev. Michael Coren says that the Bible simply doesn’t have anything pertinent to say about abortion, and the current extremism alienates people from the church
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
Dissolve the hotbeds of wokery
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
A Soviet revelation
David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition (58CDs, 3DVDs)
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
Why has Tehran released Toomaj Salehi?
The regime is said to be split over whether to target high-profile protesters
