The people from the sea
Encounters with those who have risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean
The Plame game
Scooter Libby’s conviction looks ever shakier – and a sign of the deep problem with America’s special prosecutors
‘The truth is hard’
Roger Scruton on why we’re losing the battle for western civilisation
‘We’ll get out of this alive’
An interview with Helle Brix, who was at the meeting in Copenhagen on Saturday when the shooting happened
The dangerous lie
Despite what our leaders tell us, Islamic extremism is all about Islam
Thrown to the lions
Why are we abandoning Christians to Isis?
Let the right ones in
It is the easiest thing in the world to say who should come to Britain and why. But if there…
Arguments with God
Former chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks on the return of religion to public life and the civil war that Islam needs
A long goodbye
Clive James on poetry, civilisation and the critical benefits of facing leukaemia
The British beheaders
Why we lead the West in exporting jihad
Murder porn
It’s time to stand up against the self-righteous sharing of videos of beheading and other gruesome violence
Where have all the leaders gone?
No one wants to pay the price of speaking for the free world
Sorry state
One by one our great institutions have tumbled
Save the children
When will we stop the Islamists trying to control the minds of a generation of pupils?
The dilemma for Dave
Cameron must move from badmouthing Ukip to addressing the fears of its voters
Ethics for atheists
Can human life be sacred in a post-Christian world?
The gay double standard
Why should our marriages demand less than straight ones?
The Guardian vs the Hobbits
Last summer a National Security Agency (NSA) contractor called Edward Snowden leaked a vast trove of secret information on the…
Christianity’s moral revolution
If there is one underlying source from which all our other societal problems stem, it is surely this: we no…
Armageddon awaits
Sunni vs Shia, Saudi Arabia vs Iran. A new great war has begun
Amsterdam
‘What are people in your country saying about Holland these days?’ one Dutch friend recently asked me. I hadn’t the…
Extreme measures
An encounter with Tommy Robinson, former leader of the English Defence League
Spies spy – get over it
Our intelligence agencies have an important job to do
An Anglican atheist
Richard Dawkins shows off his human side
Beware of the hawks
Supporters of intervention in Syria will be the first to desert Cameron when the going gets tough






























