Matthew Parris

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Has the Archbishop of Canterbury forsaken God?

28 November 2015 9:00 am

The Archbishop of Canterbury, we heard during the BBC’s Songs of Praise broadcast last Sunday, ‘doubted God’ after the Paris…

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Is the Archbishop of Canterbury forsaking God?

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

The Archbishop of Canterbury, we heard during the BBC’s Songs of Praise broadcast last Sunday, ‘doubted God’ after the Paris…

Here’s what’s wrong with the ‘public sector ethos’

14 November 2015 9:00 am

An infuriating benefit of readers’ online comments beneath the efforts of a columnist like me is that as you read…

Here’s what’s wrong with the ‘public sector ethos’

12 November 2015 3:00 pm

An infuriating benefit of readers’ online comments beneath the efforts of a columnist like me is that as you read…

Without a word of advice, Paul Methuen set me free

29 October 2015 3:00 pm

At the time he will barely have noticed me. In his mid-forties and (to me at 18) middle-aged, he was…

Without a word of advice, Paul Methuen set me free

29 October 2015 9:00 am

At the time he will barely have noticed me. In his mid-forties and (to me at 18) middle-aged, he was…

OK: I’m convinced: one EU referendum might not be enough

17 October 2015 9:00 am

We now have to take seriously the possibility that in the EU referendum Britain will vote to leave. I had…

OK: I’m convinced: one EU referendum might not be enough

15 October 2015 2:00 pm

We now have to take seriously the possibility that in the EU referendum Britain will vote to leave. I had…

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What Jeremy Corbyn, like David Cameron, understands about the cold, dark heart of the British public

3 October 2015 9:00 am

There’s a hard, hard mood out there among the public and I don’t think our newspapers get it at all.…

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These days, compassion is for hacks and Lib Dems

1 October 2015 1:00 pm

There’s a hard, hard mood out there among the public and I don’t think our newspapers get it at all.…

Some day soon we’ll all accept that useless lives should be ended

19 September 2015 8:00 am

Throughout the short life of the Assisted Dying Bill which failed last week in the Commons, the ‘faith community’ (a…

Soon we will accept that useless lives should end

17 September 2015 1:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/thedeathoftheleft/media.mp3 Throughout the short life of the Assisted Dying Bill which failed last week in the Commons, the ‘faith…

Millions of us honestly don’t know what our duty is to migrants – and Christianity doesn’t help

5 September 2015 9:00 am

Proximity shouldn’t make a difference — should it? We were on a beach on the European side of the Mediterranean,…

Christianity is silent on my great moral dilemma

3 September 2015 1:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/jeremycorbynsbritain/media.mp3 Proximity shouldn’t make a difference — should it? We were on a beach on the European side of…

Freedom of information killed ambassadors’ valedictory dispatches. Could blogging bring them back?

22 August 2015 9:00 am

‘All I ever tried to do was hold a mirror up and show you how beautiful you really are. Shine…

The welcome return of the valedictory dispatch

20 August 2015 1:00 pm

‘All I ever tried to do was hold a mirror up and show you how beautiful you really are. Shine…

How Jeremy Corbyn could destroy the Tories (yes, really)

8 August 2015 9:00 am

‘Why this sudden restlessness, this confusion?’ asked C.P. Cavafy in his poem ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’: Because night has fallen…

If Corbyn wins, he could split the Tories too

6 August 2015 1:00 pm

‘Why this sudden restlessness, this confusion?’ asked C.P. Cavafy in his poem ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’: Because night has fallen…

My new addiction: road-building

25 July 2015 9:00 am

Many years ago I was encouraged to read Roger Hutchinson’s Calum’s Road. The small and quirky book made a deep…

Building this lay-by is all I can think about now

23 July 2015 1:00 pm

Many years ago I was encouraged to read Roger Hutchinson’s Calum’s Road. The small and quirky book made a deep…

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Greeks just want to keep what they’ve got

11 July 2015 9:00 am

We were breakfasting outside on the morning of the Greek referendum. The result could only be guessed at and all…

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Greeks just want to keep what they’ve got

9 July 2015 1:00 pm

We were breakfasting outside on the morning of the Greek referendum. The result could only be guessed at and all…

Spy if you must, but don’t give the game away

25 June 2015 1:00 pm

The Snoopers’ Charter. I ought to care about this. I’m a sort of libertarian. I believe in personal freedom. I’m…

Labour’s campaign was fine. It’s the party that Britain rejected

13 June 2015 9:00 am

Patrick Wintour is one of the best political editors around. For the Guardian he’s been for decades a cool and…