Daniel French

How Sarah Mullally can fix the Church of England

4 October 2025 3:30 pm

Regardless of whether Sarah Mullally was our preferred choice for the new Archbishop of Canterbury, we should wish her well in her appointment. I hesitate to…

God the ‘Father’ isn’t sexist

9 July 2023 10:00 pm

Calling God ‘Father’ may be ‘problematic’, pronounced the Archbishop of York at Friday’s formal opening of the General Synod. Watching…

The strange religiosity of Covid compliance

30 June 2021 9:13 am

Something has gone badly wrong with the Established Church when it appears more indignant at the breaking of social distance…

Stone deaf

15 May 2021 9:00 am

In the wake of a pandemic, why is the C of E obsessing about statues?