Shamima Begum
We need to forgive Shamima Begum
An ISIS bride calls Christianity’s bluff
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
The short lives and violent deaths of Sweden’s rappers
Swedish rap is a window into a violent underworld
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
Season’s bleatings
Christmas is almost here, but our MPs are not in the festive spirit
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
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Food for thoughtlessness
The march of the public health puritans continues
Electronic exodus
Anglicans leaving Twitter for Bluesky is just a craving for liberal respectability
