July 10, 2025July 15, 2025 Have we become ungovernable? It could be a new board game called ‘Govern that!’ set in a democratic but bankrupt country facing an ever more uncertain world. Each player is Prime Minister. But who will stay in power? The players must first decide what will be their game plan. There are three choices. 1) One Nation: General health of the nation. 2) Golden Division: Government by demonization and division 3) Power for Power’s Sake: using all means necessary to keep it. Nothing else matters. The first is a generalist approach steeped in compromise but …
June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 The Gospel according to the Garden Before we go to the garden, a verse from a poem that could scarcely be less floral or Monty Don: …
May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 Are Christianity and therapy joined at the hip? So, here’s the question: ‘What is the relationship between Christianity and therapy?’ And the answer, of course, will depend on …
December 3, 2021 Our journey to Christmas We do not need to speak everything on our walk to Christmas. We do not need to organise the mystery …
November 30, 2021 Boris Johnson and the terror of hidden things In 1994, I sat down with Boris Johnson in the offices of The Spectator magazine, which he edited at the …
November 29, 2021 Advent 1: Leaving Leaving is less exciting than arriving; often more uncomfortable. But there are no arrivals without it, so it’s a constant …
November 22, 2021 The day I became a haunted house Some people believe houses are haunted; and it could be. Though there’s more evidence for humans being haunted. Humans like …
November 15, 2021 If self-loathing were a train… Life brings us enemies. Enemies long-remembered and very present enemies. Enemies at school. Enemies at the school gate. Enemies at …
November 11, 2021 How to spot sanity What traits reveal the presence of sanity? It’s helpful to know. To meet someone who is sane is to meet …
November 8, 2021 If God were a burglar The International Labelling Laboratory, (also known as ILL) divides everyone up by labelling them. It labels black, white, trans, gay, …
November 8, 2021 The real reason people like the clown ‘Why do people like me?’ asks the clown, still surprised at the warmth shown to him. ‘Is it because I …
November 1, 2021 Hildegard and COP26 Hildegard of Bingen will not be in Glasgow this week, speaking at COP26; she lived in the 12th century, an …
