The burden of false certainty about the Bible

In tennis, as the recent Wimbledon tournament has reminded us, it is not unusual for a player to be convinced that the ball touched the ground inside a line when an opponent or official is equally confident that it was out. It is all too easy to see what one wants or...

The burden of false certainty about the Bible

In tennis, as the recent Wimbledon tournament has reminded us, it is not unusual for a player to be convinced that the ball touched the ground inside a line when an opponent or official is equally confident that it was out. It is all too easy to see what one wants or...

How Islam can challenge those who abuse it from within

There’s a really interesting and important piece in a recent edition of the International Herald Tribune, Only traditional Islam can do it, by Phillip Blond a senior lecturer in philosophy and religion at the University of Cumbria (also an established Radical...

How Islam can challenge those who abuse it from within

There’s a really interesting and important piece in a recent edition of the International Herald Tribune, Only traditional Islam can do it, by Phillip Blond a senior lecturer in philosophy and religion at the University of Cumbria (also an established Radical...

Politics is the possibility of the artful

One of Gordon Brown’s prime ministerial predecessors once famously remarked that ‘a week is a long time in politics’. These days, given the truncated chronologies of cyber communication, agendas and affections shift much more quickly. 24 hours usually does the trick....