You have to pity poor Hiram of Tyre, an artistic metalsmith whom King Solomon chose to work on his Temple, because 'he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass' (1Kgs 7:14). We read…
Something peculiar happened in the Church of England last week. We are, of course, very used to peculiar things happening in the Church of England, but this was so peculiar…
Many years ago, I worked as a duty solicitor, undertaking day and night visits to the local police stations. There were not many on the rota and it was a…
"The Labour Party has deep historical connections with British Jewry and its sister party in Israel," observes the Times, as the whole Labour movement becomes mired in Jeremy Corbyn's anti-Semitism…
Amazon have produced a warm, cuddly, interfaith Christmas ad. And it's authentic: there are no actors. A real-life vicar and a real-life imam exchange gifts (knee-pads) to help make praying…
Unless the GOP does something silly – like steal the nomination in a contested convention by engineering a last-minute coup – it looks as though Donald Trump will be…
As the civilised world was choking in the memorial lamentations of Auschwitz 70-years-on, suspended in that space of sorrow somewhere between needing to remember yet yearning to forget, the…