Scruton and the Tories. “A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country.”

Why is the Party so mistrustful of Tory intellectuals? We mourn the passing of our former contributor.

A sign of the times. The remarkable quiet that follows Labour’s commitment to decriminalise abortion up until birth

It is not only pro-lifers who might jib at the United Kingdom acquiring one of the most permissive abortion laws in the world. 

The poor bloody infantry: why people join political parties

A new study asks good questions without providing good answers.

Aitken on the meaning of Easter: “We can all have second chances, little resurrections in our lives.”

The former Cabinet minister, who went to prison for perjury, explains why, as a prison chaplain, he is happier than he has ever been.

Interview. “Look, this is a Christian country”, says Hinds. But he adds that the cap on new faith schools’ admissions should stay.

At times, says the Education Secretary, the post he holds requires “a bold and vociferous and constant presence”. But “at other times less so”.

Why Britain wants to leave this European Union of failed nation states

In his new book, Jeremy Black traces the history of Britain’s relations with the Continent, and how it bears on the Brexit debate.

The power of song

The human condition is a sometimes conflicting mixture of reason and emotion.

Iain Mansfield: We must recapture the commanding heights of society from the Left

It has secured an overwhelming dominance. Until or unless this changes, the Right may win elections – but to limited effect.

Welby’s next stop should be a small business conference

His TUC account of the harm that some businesses can do should be balanced by one of the good that more do – and by projecting a personal theology of wealth creation.

Scott Mann: No, Archbishop, new taxes aren’t the answer to our economic challenges

My constituents would accept an appropriate level of tax but they resent being lectured by those for whom taxation can never be high enough.

Lesley Rankin: Conservatives cannot afford to ignore the call, by Welby and others, for fundamental economic reform

It is little wonder that young people are turning away from the Right when they find it so difficult to make their way in the world.

The Church of England has a moral duty to provide new housing

The Church Commissioners owns 100,000 acres – and rather more than that is owned by the dioceses. Yet the number of extra homes being built on that land is derisory.

WATCH: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are wed

Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Francis Davis: Why Hinds’ faith schools cap decision was right

Voluntary-aided status works both for Catholic schools and everyone else. Furthermore, lifting the cap from new institutions could have had unexpected consequences.

Daniel Coughlan: Faith schools. What evidence is there to justify Hinds breaking a manifesto commitment?

While Hinds’ grammar school announcement was welcome, his U-turn on the cap on faith-based free schools is simply baffling.