In praise of 'stayedness': George Fox's rebuke to our current politics
I am not a member of the Labour Party. But when Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader with a huge mandate in September 2015, I felt a renewal of hope.
Post-Brexit: division, flux and mutual responsibility
Referendums should only be used in the most exceptional of circumstances and certainly never as a remedy for a prime minister's insecurities with his own
A time to speak and a time to be silent: three days for reflection
Sometimes only silence will serve.
Poetry, silence and the common ground
Last week, a social media conversation with a Catholic and and Anglican on the subject of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poetry concluded with the Anglican (who
Convalescence and a small transfiguration
Last weekend, strolling round a nature reserve, I saw something so beautiful it took my breath for a moment – a rabbit, nibbling on summer-lit grass with
Brexit, bulldogs and self-congratulatory illusion
When our hereditary head of state opened parliament 12 days ago, she arrived in a gilded horse-drawn coach built in 1852 and was escorted by soldiers dre
Peace in Europe: a precious legacy demeaned
David Cameron has suggested that Brexit could put European peace at risk.
Padded edges and the Commonwealth of Heaven
Last week, I heard an account of a high-worth individual.
Building golden bridges and keeping the golden rule
The life-blood of Parliamentary democracy is difference. Where a single view of society goes uncontested, tyranny can be the only outcome.
Tax and truth: a challenge to politicians and voters
Tax, rightly levied and honourably accepted, is an instrument of justice.
