Will assisted dying become a cover for abuse?
Every year, thousands of stories of abuse pour into Compassion in Care, a charity that supports whistleblowers in the care…
Could the House of Lords block the assisted suicide bill?
Could the House of Lords block the assisted suicide bill, which was approved by the Commons yesterday? It would be…
Assisted suicide could destroy the hospice movement
The hospice movement is one of the great achievements of post-war Britain. Inspired by the doctor Cicely Saunders, who in…
Has the Royal College of Psychiatrists killed the assisted suicide bill?
How do you make assisted suicide safe? In recent months, a large part of Kim Leadbeater’s answer has been to…
The assisted suicide bill should not survive
Until about six months ago, it would have been hard to find a more inoffensive politician than the Labour backbencher…
Where is the scrutiny over the assisted suicide bill?
Kim Leadbeater has described her assisted suicide bill as ‘potentially one of the most important changes in legislation that we…
Does Keir Starmer’s atheism matter?
Good Friday, 2021, at Jesus House For All Nations church in Brent, north-west London. Face masked, head bowed, hands clasped,…
Tennis romance that doesn’t contain much tennis: Challengers reviewed
It sounds straightforward enough: a tennis romance starring Zendaya, idol of the mid-teen demographic and last seen riding a sandworm…
Remembrance Day protests through the ages
It’s not the first time that protesters have intruded on Remembrance Day. But this time feels different. In the 20s,…
How the Georgians invented nightlife
Dan Hitchens on the Georgian obsession with lavish light shows and nocturnal adventures
Doom and gloom
Born in Tsarist Kyiv in 1898, Golda Meir grew up with what she called a ‘pogrom complex’. That perhaps explained…
A tale of two churches
While most congregations shrink, a few are growing fast
Crowning glory
Dan Hitchens on the art that has shaped our image of the coronation
The lost shepherds
Can Justin Welby and Pope Francis keep their flocks?
From the sublime to the ridiculous
Godland is a film to see on the big screen: not just for its awesome, immersive cinematography, but because it…
Moving home
The ebb and flow of life on a houseboat
Marching order
Why has Oxford killed off a much-loved Catholic college?
So much better than talking
In all the tributes to Her late Majesty’s constancy, dignity, wisdom and devotion to duty, not enough has been said…
The real question at the heart of Roe v. Wade
There are two possible responses to the sound and fury currently emanating from Washington and from the American media after a…
High and mighty
Dan Hitchens on the beauty of gasholders
Saint or sinner?
The verdict is still out on Thomas Becket, says Dan Hitchens, but there’s no doubting the brilliance of the art he inspired
What the Pope’s visit means for Iraq
You could be forgiven for taking a cynical view of Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq this weekend. How could the…
Looking for a new England
Dan Hitchens on our love affair with the Anglo-Saxons
Chesterton’s homes
It’s a quiet Wednesday afternoon in Britain’s most expensive market town, and there’s a sense of foreboding in the air.…
