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Ugly scenes at Manchester University embody how abortion in UK holds up a mirror to society    
March 15, 2024
Students attending the University of Manchester Pro-Life Society’s inaugural gathering earlier this month were spat at, threatened with rape and barricaded into a venue by a screeching mob. The mob was predominately made up of their young, fellow students – part of the future of this country.  As both a writer and a reader, I
The perverse ideology that silences good and celebrates evil
February 23, 2024
This week, the affiliation of a pro-life student society at the University of Manchester has been reported across the mainstream press. While some reports suggest the over 15,000 people petitioning on the matter are merely “voicing concerns”, a cursory glance of their campaign page shows that signees are demanding the club be forcibly dissolved. Despite
Crackdown on faith in Hong Kong is a warning to the West
February 07, 2024
Following a 2004 visit to the bright lights of Shanghai, columnist Peter Hitchens gloomily acknowledged that China, then approaching the zenith of its economic growth miracle, “proved that police states can also be prosperous”. It led him to caution: “If the world discovers that liberty is an optional extra, rather than a necessity, how long
British Armenians fear a repeat of history as Genocide Memorial vandalised
November 07, 2023
Every November people across Britain and the world are invited to observe “Red Wednesday”, an annual day of commemoration for the 360 million Christians estimated to be living under severe religious persecution. Armenians have often been among these millions. Indeed, at the heart of the leafy London suburb of Ealing, a silent witness to the
‘To Hamas, death, not life, is the prize’
October 09, 2023
Minus the Hebrew and Arabic street signs and the garish posters of local politicians, the sunny tree-lined streets of Sderot could almost be any other sleepy Mediterranean town. Nearby Ashkelon, with its slick modern suburbs, instead resembles that much-loved refuge of the rich and famous, Southern California.   Of course, these towns, where I walked just
The Chemist of Catania, by Alexander Lucie-Smith
September 01, 2023
The Chemist of Catania Alexander Lucie-Smith Self-published, £5, 235 pages Not since Ann Radcliffe has a British author published a more sombre portrayal of Southern Italy. While written entirely in English, Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith’s new novel somehow achieves the rhythm of Italian prose. Unlike many recently celebrated sensations-in-translation (namely the anonymous Elena Ferrante), Lucie-Smith’s third-person
Man attacks Turin church smashing several glass panels
August 18, 2023
A man has been filmed attacking a Catholic Church in Turin, Italy. In a video posted to social media on Thursday, a man can be seen throwing a heavy cobblestone at the door of a Catholic church in Turin, Italy, smashing several of its glass panels. During the episode, which Italian media alleges took place yesterday August 17,
Renewed crackdown on Christians in Iran underway
August 17, 2023
Britain is an increasingly impoverished society: spiritually and financially. Still, anyone born here has won the historic lottery relatively speaking. It is easy for us to forget that harsh persecution, especially of a religious type, is the global norm, not the exception. Nowhere better demonstrates this than Iran. Once a western-allied kingdom with an increasing
The tempered joy of Elizabeth Jennings
July 18, 2023
The Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti claimed that “extreme turbulence” was best expressed with “extreme precision”. What time of human life appears more turbulent than that of adolescence? Perhaps much modern strife can be explained by the deliberate colonisation of adulthood by adolescence. We know little about the teenage years of Elizabeth Jennings, the most notable
Prominent UK Catholic support for exiled Hong Kongers after latest Chinese Communist crackdown
July 09, 2023
UK Catholic parliamentarians and other public figures have expressed their support for exiled Hong Kong democracy activists after the territory’s authorities issued arrest warrants and HK$1 million bounties for eight prominent exiles from the territory on Monday. This episode marks the first time Hong Kong police have issued warrants for activists who left the territory
The fallout of the sexual revolution
July 04, 2023
Adam and Eve After the Pill, Revisited Mary Eberstadt Ignatius Press, £16, 199 pages In 1867 Benjamin Disraeli addressed fellow diners at a celebration for his first round of electoral reforms. “The quest- ion is not whether you should resist change which is inevitable, but whether that change should be carried out in deference to
Sunak’s new ‘free speech’ plans do not protect Christians
June 05, 2023
It is often said that the test of first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. If this stands to reason then our current crop of politicians are as genius as they come. Our Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is just
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