A blog about free speech is a difficult thing to write at the moment – coming in as it does so soon after the awful murder of Charlie Kirk, the American influencer. It is written in reaction to that tragedy but most of all it is written as a response to the partisan, cruel and Read more

Whether or not we are Christians, whether or not we know the story of Pontius Pilate ambivalently handing Jesus over for crucifixion against his own better judgement, we all know the ominous undertones of the phrase ‘to wash your hands’ of something. The phrase has entered everyday language as a way of expressing the intent Read more

A major topic of conversation at the moment across the media is the appearance of the flag of St George. It is popping up on bridges, on lamp posts, and on small (and sometimes fairly big) roundabouts and no doubt lots of other places too. It’s the sort of thing you only typically see during Read more

Last week I was engrossed in reading articles about Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservative Party, and her conversation with BBC journalist Amol Rajan. You too may have come across the original interview and the articles that came from it. You can find it on YouTube. Badenoch talked about lots of things. But the Read more

It’s mid July, a quarter of the way through the 21st century, and I hear on the news this morning that a child has died from measles in the UK. I don’t know if this child was vaccinated, or was not vaccinated because of parental concerns, or could not be vaccinated because of auto-immune challenges. Read more