Meet Micheál Martin, Ireland’s new Taoiseach
The sense that no matter what the government, things would remain the same made for dull politics, but gave Ireland a certain psychological stability
France’s citizens’ climate convention has come back to bite Macron
Mr Macron now has to find a way to evade the consequences of his idiot exercise
In praise of President Trump’s positive thinking
In the fight against disease, optimism is not misplaced
The puzzling thing about Harry and Meghan’s big announcement
What exactly might their ‘progressive new role’ within the monarchy be?
We are all Greta now
A lot of children’s literature today is horribly right-on
Even drag queens don’t have license to mock the realities of abortion
Not just ‘Christian groups’ will feel repugnance at this actual Halloween horror
Pope Francis is wrong to rewrite the Lord’s Prayer
Don’t fiddle with scripture; just try to explain what it says
Sadiq Khan’s anti-Trump crusade is dull and reductive
The mayor of London has lost it
Will Boris Johnson’s home life put off traditional Tory voters?
The former Foreign Secretary is currently between wives
A Hobbit-sized exhibition about Tolkien as pipe-smoker and parent
A new showcase gives us the real Tolkien – not his awful legacy
The new Planned Parenthood pro-abortion ad is revolting
If the baby is so cute, she deserves, I’d say, to live. She deserves not to be killed in utero
Let’s talk about how the Turkish government deals with dissidents abroad
Are Erdogan’s efforts to apprehend members of the Gulenist movement really so different from what the Saudis are alleged to have done?
Why there’s no feminist solidarity for Kellyanne Conway
If you don’t conform to the programme, you’re Not One of Us
The Catholic right will go to any lengths to discredit the Pope
The late Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor has been smeared
If Trump picks Amy Coney Barrett tonight, prepare for all hell to break loose
Feminists will be lining up to prevent the appointment of the Catholic mother of seven.
Ireland’s abortion referendum has been horrifically one-sided
The debate has been characterised as a step into the 21st century – but the reality is far from it.
This is monarchy for the Netflix generation
The less we hear about the Royal family, the better. With Meghan and Harry, this is exactly the reverse of what we’ll get.
Strikes without strategy. What could possibly go wrong?
Happy now? The US-led air strikes against Syrian bases, notably chemical weapons storage facilities, near Damascus and Homs and reportedly…
