Category Archives: Journalism

Glancing at Damian Thompson’s blog, I see the well-known trope of climate change denialists — that those who advocate the reality of anthropogenic global warming are very well paid for their efforts. The implication is not just that the denialists … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You’d have thought, after ten years writing about religious journalism in this country, and twenty years perpetrating the stuff, that I would know better than to take any Times exclusive at face value. You would be wrong. I should have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The venerable Dr Clifford Longley who was religious affairs editor of the Times for twenty years, has let rip at his successor, a Ms Gledhill, who has been doing the job ever since, in the letters page of the Catholic … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I have always suspected that the number of stories Ruth Gledhill has covered which involve something being the first, or greatest, of its sort since the Reformation was remarkable and this morning, being in need of distraction, I did some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

When Rowan Williams praises marriage, everyone assumes that this is because he is the Archbishop of Canterbury, and it’s the Christian thing to do. Well, it is a Christian thing to do, but no one could claim that it was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to feminism.1 Not being as ambitious as Nick, I’d settle for being able to convert the more backward parts of Birmingham, which has the advantage that we don’t need … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Elaine Morgan, on childcare and feminism, in today’s Guardian: “What really went wrong is this. Everyone agreed that women should be free to work outside the home if we chose. We didn’t foresee that that would gradually morph into the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One of the most creative areas of British journalism is the creation of synonyms for “notorious drunk”. Such people exist in British public life, but the constraints of libel laws mean that you would be very very foolish to say … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s a long time since I wrote this obit of Frank Johnson. I wish it had had to wait longer for publication. But it is, I think, quite good. Continue reading →