Rutger Bregman
A God-shaped hole
Our thought needs theology as much as our hearts need transcendence
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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.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The right has a conspiracy problem
Conspiracies exist — but the temptation to use them as an all-purpose explanation is wrongheaded
A show to make you afraid of the dark
Opera is the repository of everything crass and depraved in what is laughingly called European “civilisation”
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Critical briefing: Belgian Channel crossings
How the geographical spread of Channel crossings has been widening
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
On a winning streak
Eventually streaks end, but it does not have to be The End
Where are Britain’s moral voices?
On decriminalising abortion up to birth, the Archbishop of Canterbury must talk the talk, not walk the walk
Schrödinger’s schism
The Anglican Communion, for all of its internal disagreements, has yet to fall apart
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Why Ed Miliband can’t change course
He would have to abandon his self-appointed role as an agent of progress