Ritual
Signposts of the sacred and mundane
What would it have been like to worship in parish churches in the Middle Ages?
Ancient rites in Madrid
The oldest of stories still attract us
Ritual, not pageantry
Understanding the Coronation
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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
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations