Roman Catholicism
Pope Francis: the LGBT-friendly pontiff
Do the actions of the current pontiff signify shifting attitudes in the Catholic Church towards same-sex relationships?
Grasping for the divine
The church has lost its way but our need for lasting purpose remains
Breaking the Cardinal Rule
A disturbing miscarriage of justice reveals Australia’s judicial system is in poor shape
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates