John Smyth, who died in 2018 aged 77, was born in Canada to parents who were members of the cultish Plymouth Brethren. The ...

It is generally agreed that being the archbishop of Canterbury is an impossible job. In modern times, tenures can begin with ...

It is time to end the “slippery slope” of the current law on assisted dying ...

Donald Trump likes to talk up his links to Britain, his Hebridean mother and Scottish golf courses. But the appreciation has largely been one way: David Lammy’s description of the president elect as a ...

Last month, the UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy paid a low-key, two day visit to China, in the hope, according to the Foreign Office (FCDO), of bringing consistency to the bilateral relationship.

One standard response to any proposal whatsoever to legalise assisted dying is to warn of “a slippery slope”. It often does not matter what the proposal itself is, the stock reaction will be the same: ...

A week ago, my girlfriend and I decided to take acid with a friend and wander around the harbour-front suburb that I live in. It’s the perfect place to walk through with heightened senses—the houses ...

The Conservatives have survived the last four months as the only opposition party with a credible claim to be able to lead an alternative government. These facts may prove to be far more significant ...

Among Elon Musk’s current obsessions is his view that the only place—the only place—where truth can be found is on X, formerly known as Twitter. That need not worry us unduly except that he is said to ...

Looking forward, maybe the most pressing question about Donald Trump for Britain is: what will he do to us? In particular, is he going to abandon Ukraine? And is he going to erect a tariff wall to ...