Vandalism
Sycamore Gap and Britain’s sacred trees
Why has one tree inspired such emotion?
Grappling with evil
Historians are better placed to explain malicious acts than philosophers, who strive to subordinate them to reason
Death comes for the church building
The Church of England abandons historic buildings – can they have an afterlife?
An extreme form of criticism
Works by Michelangelo, Velázquez, Rodin, Rothko and Mondrian have all been vandalised for reasons of mental instability or political activism or both, informs Michael Prodger
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
The Church of England has failed on gender
To pursue kindness at the expense of truth is self-defeating
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
The case for Christian converts
Don’t let allegedly bogus conversions cause you to forget that real ones exist
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
