Take that for Jesus!
Newton Emerson on growing up atheist in Northern Ireland
Politics & Conflict
Tories in trouble
Michael Binyon reviews the crisis in conservativism
EU ain’t seen nothin’ yet
Mark Leonard argues that the future of politics lies in the European model of cooperation and rule of law
After the Gulag
Laura Piacentini explores the paradoxes of Russia's prisons since the fall of the Soviet Union
Whatever it takes
It's going to be a truly horrid election, predicts Simon Hoggart
Get real in Madrid
Anthony Barnett and Bill Thompson look forward to a path-breaking virtual conference on combating terrorism and deepening democracy
Where will you put your cross?
In the run-up to the election, parties are promising the world to religious groups. But what can they offer to the average humanist? We asked the parties for their positions…
Getting correctness right
Political correctness has gone mad, declared the Leader of the Opposition Michael Howard in a recent speech.
Blue Period
The reason its so tough being Tory leader, suggests Simon Hoggart, is that you just cant get the staff these days
Assault on freedom
Nick Cohen deplores the sinister absurdity of Blunkett's latest proposal for dealing with religious hatred