Thailand
End womb trafficking
The feminist fix: Normalising surrogacy means dehumanising women
Thailand’s monarchy in crisis
Following the recent imprisonment of an activist for ‘disrespecting the monarchy’, James Snell looks at how Thailand’s current king differs from his predecessor
Bangkok’s revolt remains bloodless, for now
Is the tide turning against Thailand’s oligarchy?
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
NatCon lives on
The conference has gone ahead in Brussels despite protests and police action
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
What does the Scottish Hate Crime and Public Order Act really say?
Misunderstandings are the fault of Police Scotland and government ministers
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
