Pope Frank: In the Footsteps of St Francis
Jovial, informal and compassionate, the new Pontiff has the qualities to restore faith in the Vatican and to promote women in the Church
Is There a Way Out of the Tories’ Modernising Mess?
David Cameron must calm backbenchers and win back the core voters he has recklessly offended, before reaching out to the centre ground
Feminism Or Islamism: Which Side Are You On?
So-called liberals prefer to turn a blind eye to the treatment of women by jihadists and support the enemies of America
At Last: Gove Goes For the Culture of Excuses
Our most ambitious state schools are successfully challenging the suffocating idea that social class determines educational success
We’re Good Europeans Yet They All Hate Us
In 1953 Thomas Mann called “not for a German Europe, but a European Germany”. Now we have both—and neither is happy
Obama’s Timidity Risks the World’s Security
The President has eviscerated the US defence budget, and so threatens to deprive America of the means to use decisive force
Cameron Should Scrap His Tired Old Script
The Prime Minister acts like a figure from the era of Clinton and Blair. Their style of politics is dead and he needs a new one
The way forward for Europe’s great outsider
The UK’s relationship with the Continent has always been fraught. But history shows there is no neat answer to where Britain belongs
What Made The West Great Is What Will Save Us
We must be prepared to defend our civilisation’s values with policies muscular enough to protect us from the growing totalitarian threat
Kosher Craze
‘Their grandparents fled the Nazis, their parents boycotted all things German, but their children are flocking to Berlin’