Could the coronavirus prompt a religious revival?
May 15, 2020
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On the walk to my mother’s house there is a handwritten sign on a gate that reads “Happy Easter! Jesus
Is Boris the best we can hope for?
December 19, 2019
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What are Christians to make of Boris Johnson and his spanking new majority? It depends, of course, on your politics.
Usman Khan exploited loopholes in our justice system – and our worldview
December 5, 2019
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If we suspect someone is a lost cause, is it naïve to try to reform them and stupid to release
Cranmer’s accidental gift to Catholics
November 21, 2019
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Last week I was the guest speaker at the semi-finals of the Book of Common Prayer recital contest in Kent.
There was nothing inevitable about it
November 7, 2019
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We’re fast approaching the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall, which helped spell the end of communism.
We’ve seen the ‘new masculinity’ before
October 24, 2019
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The latest craze is to go “gender fluid”. The name of the game is playing with identity, mixing things up,
The courtroom hug that showed Christianity in action
October 10, 2019
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I can entirely understand why some people thought Brandt Jean shouldn’t forgive Amber Guyger. Guyger killed his brother. On September
The most peaceful and prayerful liturgy I’ve ever known
September 26, 2019
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The triumphant tour of the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux showed that Catholicism is alive and well in Scotland. Thousands
First they came for Pell…
August 29, 2019
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Why do so many Catholics refuse to believe that the Australian cardinal George Pell is guilty of child abuse? The
My metaphysical friend is running for president
August 15, 2019
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Yet more Americans have been killed in mass shootings: 22 in El Paso, Texas, and 10 in Dayton, Ohio. It’s
Neo-Victorians like Rees-Mogg know what Britain is lacking
August 1, 2019
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I’m very much enjoying our neo-Victorian government. I’ve been pushing Boris for PM for over a year: I said on
The vote that made me wish I was back in Iraq
July 18, 2019
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I’m afraid this is a very depressing story. I was in the House of Commons last week, after a trip