Nov 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
First published on The Spectator’s Coffee House blog, 2nd August 2017 I teach bioethics, and the abiding temptation is always to design classes around rare, fiendishly complex cases. That’s how you grab the attention of bored undergraduates; the fodder you...
Nov 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
First published on The Spectator’s Coffee House blog on 20th July 2017 On Tuesday the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) announced a crackdown on gender stereotyping. Adverts suggesting men are useless around the house – racing out of the door, leaving the...
Sep 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
First published in The Hedgehog Review, September 2nd, 2016 The new Ben-Hur is bad. As scathing reviews have noted, this implausible remake is treacly, pietistic and rushed. Replete with gooey flashbacks and clunky transitions, it begins with the famous chariot race,...
Sep 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
First published by The American Conservative, March 3, 2016 I’d only been in the U.S. for about six months when it arrived in the mail, slipping out of the Kroger coupons. I unfolded the full-page advert to find a series of amazing offers, but the one that really...
Jan 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
First published by The Spectator on-line on 20th January 2016 Given how apocalyptic the predictions were, Anglicanism’s make-or-break meeting about issues of human sexuality last week proved something of a damp squib. The Anglican Communion was supposed to be rent...
