Oxford University has ‘allowed political diversity to wither’

Apr 21, 2024 by

by Tim Sigsworth and Ewan Somerville, Telegraph: Institute ‘unable to uphold freedom of expression’ after Vernal Scott’s post celebrating closure of Belgian Conservative conference. Oxford dons have accused the university of allowing...

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Do you hate Britain, I asked my pupils. Thirty raised their hands

Apr 21, 2024 by

By Anonymous, The Times: After Katharine Birbalsingh had her prayer ban upheld, the head accused schools of failing to back UK values. One teacher, writing anonymously, reveals the troubling views of children as young as 11. ‘The Taliban...

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Pro-life speaker suffers ‘verbal abuse’ as students try to shut down event

Apr 21, 2024 by

from The Christian Institute: Pro-life students at the University of Manchester had to receive police protection when a “screaming pro-abortion mob” tried to shut down an event. Madeline Page, Director of Great Britain’s Alliance of...

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Celebrating the books that introduced Christ to millions

Apr 21, 2024 by

by Peter Crumpler, Christian Today: I’m really excited about a new exhibition opening in my local museum next month. It promises to prompt joyful memories of childhood for many older people – and maybe remind them of when they first...

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The long, hard road to Cass

Apr 21, 2024 by

by Jo Bartosch, spiked: How did people emerge from the hysteria of the witch trials? What must it have felt like to live through the period when supposed witches were suddenly revealed to be ordinary women? What did the accusers say when...

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Oxford University college scraps St George’s Day event but will host Eid dinner

Apr 21, 2024 by

by Ewan Somerville, Telegraph: Banquet to mark end of Ramadan replaces formal celebration of England’s patron saint which ‘stretched back decades’. A University of Oxford college that traditionally hosts a St George’s Day celebration has...

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Braverman calls for Met chief to quit over treatment of Jews

Apr 21, 2024 by

by Camilla Turner, Sunday Telegraph: Former home secretary says Sir Mark Rowley ‘needs to accept responsibility’ after a ‘litany of failures’ in policing pro-Palestine protests. Suella Braverman is leading calls for the head of the...

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What the Iran-Israel conflict means for Christians

Apr 21, 2024 by

by Martin Parsons, Premier Christianity: A war would have potentially devastating consequences for Christian minorities in the Middle East, warns Dr Martin Parsons It was 1991, early in the first Gulf War and I and colleagues in Pakistan...

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Call for public inquiry into transgender ideology in NHS and schools

Apr 21, 2024 by

by Camilla Turner, Telegraph: More than 130 MPs, peers, doctors and psychiatrists write to Rishi Sunak demanding a probe with the power to compel evidence. A public inquiry must be set up to examine the “pervasive influence” of...

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How conservatism’s chickens came home to roost in Gaza

Apr 21, 2024 by

by Melanie Phillips: What I told the NatCons at the conference the Brussels police tried to shut down. I wrote here about the extraordinary attempt by the Brussels authorities to shut down the National Conservatism conference that was...

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