John Charmley

Higher education is a ruthlessly competitive business, but St Mary’s shows Catholicism and higher education go hand in hand

Flame 2017, Britain’s leading Catholic youth event, was hardly my natural environment, but it proved a moving experience

Legislation to counter ‘extremism’ will threaten free speech for all faiths and give the state the final say on what we can, and cannot, teach our children

In the internet age everyone can be their own pope. But asserting one’s own authority to pronounce on authentic Church teaching is a dangerous business

If Britain insists on a reductionist approach to religion, we are unlikely to get close to the right answers over Islamism

Churchill imbibed, and served up, the classic Victorian Anglican version of our island story