Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
Britain’s Christmas “hobby horse” customs
“Animal guising” customs offer important insights into British festive culture
The meaning of the multi-faith area
Ugly as it is, it could be used for something beautiful
Sycamore Gap and Britain’s sacred trees
Why has one tree inspired such emotion?
Perkūnas in Kent
Eastern European “native faith” movements in the UK
Coronation in high definition
Confronting the mysteries of a sacred institution
Monarchy re-enchanted
The new Coronation liturgy underlines Charles III’s sacral kingship
Ritual, not pageantry
Understanding the Coronation
The NHS need not depend on immigration
The shortage of British trainees is the result of a political choice
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
England is not yet lost
Where else would you rather be from?
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
Fair pay is a fiction
Public sector workers are chasing a fantasy
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
