Quakers

In praise of Birmingham, Britain’s maligned second city

27 August 2022 9:00 am

During my gap year in 1981, I worked on the 24th floor of Birmingham’s Alpha Tower for the Regional Manpower…

Benjamin Lay (American School, 18th century)

Raising Cain

16 September 2017 9:00 am

It is a pretty safe bet that for every 1,000 people who know of William Wilberforce, no more than the…

Why I’m against posthumous pardons, even for Alan Turing

26 July 2014 9:00 am

Ross Clark is a columnist I try to read because he is never trite. So I was sorry to miss…

Honesty, simplicity, integrity: not what I want the morning after

12 July 2014 9:00 am

Tap tap tap at the door. I opened my eyes. ‘Check-out 10.30,’ said a neutral or possibly slightly hostile female…

HS2’s boss is right – it’s push on or be rubbed out

22 March 2014 9:00 am

I’m sure HS2 chairman Sir David Higgins is right to argue that if we’re serious about building a new north-south…

A Strong Song Tows Us, by Richard Burton - review

12 October 2013 9:00 am

How minor is minor? ‘Rings a bell’ was more or less the response of two English literature graduates, now successful…