When, 30 years ago as an idealistic, immigrant graduate student, someone first objected that if I “didn’t like it here [in America], then [I] can…
When, 30 years ago as an idealistic, immigrant graduate student, someone first objected that if I “didn’t like it here [in America], then [I] can…
Patrik Hermansson, a 25-year-old graduate student from Sweden, supported by the charity Hope not Hate, infiltrated and filmed the ‘Alt Right’ movement in 2016. Undercover…
Some years ago, the American pastor Jim Wallis wrote a bestselling book about religion in American public life: God’s Politics – why the Right gets…
Today I went for lunch at the Corner Bakery, just opposite our home. Fortunately it had a table available, which is always touch and go….
There is perhaps no more explosive combination than religion and politics. Which is why so many tend to steer away from it. But we can’t…
I have reflected this past week that it is worth listening to those with whom one violently disagrees. If one listens patiently enough – really…
Last week, my friend and colleague David Boyle published an article putting forward a view about protecting the older generation. It has become one of…
Over the next week or so, we are likely to see the next round in the Washington struggle between Donald Trump and his critics –…
Many European leaders have welcomed the vote of the Strasbourg Parliament on September 11 which, following the proposal of a Dutch environmentalist, opened a procedure…
I watched the recent film Their Finest last weekend, with Bill Nighy and my favourite actress, Gemma Arterton, and very much enjoyed it. I am fascinated…
A week is a long time in politics, they say. A week before September’s Federal German elections, all seemed reasonably well for Angela Merkel and…
A few days before the so-called Pestminster scandal began to bubble up, a picture of a famous piece of embroidery appeared on Sarah’s Facebook account….