Ruth Dudley Edwards
Tales of Love and Loss
Lapsed Catholics, guardian angels and good sex: Wendy Perriam’s new book of short stories are passionately moving
Strike Off the Band
Cowardly Irish folk band Dervish bows to leftist pressure not to play in Israel; now the Jewish state views Ireland as the most hostile member of the EU
Truths Stranger Than Fiction
Lionel Shriver’s new novel brilliantly describes the problems of on-the-spot reportage, a journalistic difficulty negotiated deftly in two recent books about The Troubles
See No Evil
The “independent inquiry” into the radicalisation of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab at UCL was a pathetic embarrassment
A Catholic Cover-Up
‘What Machiavellian moves lie behind the removal of three hard-working and much-loved clerics from the Birmingham Oratory just before the Pope’s visit?’
ONLINE Only: Update on Birmingham Three
An update on a controversial article — appearing on the site this Thursday — which sheds light on the shocking treatment of two priests prior to the Papal visit
ONLINE Only: Defending the Birmingham Three
Just weeks ahead of Benedict XVI’s visit, the Birmingham Oratory is guilty of profound institutional cruelty in its treatment of three banished former members
Dreaming of an Islamist Ireland
Officials in Dublin have failed to learn from Britain’s failures and the Muslim Brotherhood is now well-established in the republic
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal