There’s nothing ‘peaceful’ about protests outside hospitals

We would not stand for right-to-die campaigners issuing calls for legislative change from outside geriatric wards or funeral homes. So why on earth should we tolerate this?

In a world of free choice, do we really need chaplains?

The time spent by universities on recruiting chaplains with palatable views would be better spent promoting equality of opportunity and a positive educational experience for each and every student.

Knowledge is power, so let’s talk honestly about abortion

YOU’VE only read the headline, but your hackles might already be up. What knowledge, exactly? What power? And how many paragraphs before the big reveal? For or against, “foetus” or “baby”, right or wrong. I don’t blame you. When people start talking about the reality of abortion, I get suspicious too. It took a show

Tim Farron was wrong to believe the personal was not political

LAST week, as Theresa May dithered and swithered about whether she had a deal or no deal with the DUP, I had a pang of nostalgia for the comparatively simple days of 2010, when Nick Clegg’s gung-ho Liberal Democrats hopped swiftly into bed with the Tories. The accepted narrative about that coupling is that Calamity

Can schools be truly inclusive without sex education?

A working group on LGBT-inclusive education is a good start … but how much influence with the Catholic Church have?

The burkini is not a burka for the beach, and French bans had nothing to do with security

The policing of Muslim women on French beaches was so utterly wrong-headed, even the Daily Mail disapproved.

Bigoted US church groups should not be made welcome in Scotland

Which is the more troubling antisocial behaviour? Kids gone wild in KFC or Christian fundamentalists preaching across the road?