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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

Join us for a lively Q&A session with authors Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman, discussing their book "Born to Rule" Join us for an evening with sociologists and authors Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman as ...

In the wake of Donald Trump’s re-election, parallels are being drawn to George W Bush’s victories. Bush won his first presidential election in 2000 narrowly, losing the popular vote but winning just ...

Unless you’re glued to TikTok makeup videos, you may not know there is a trademark tussle going on over the word demure. In August, a young woman in Chicago drove to her job at a grocery store. While ...

East London has a rich political history of radicalism. In the 19th century, women employed at the Bryant and May match factory in Bow went on strike and marched on the Houses of Parliament to oppose ...

Hours after Donald Trump claimed victory in the United States presidential election, Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán—Europe’s chief apostle of illiberalism—welcomed a new dawn for Europe’s ...