African campaigner Lamin Ceesay recently spoke out about having been forced to participate in a treatment programme trialling a supposed miracle cure for HIV, which had been invented by the then Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh.  The therapy entailed a mixture of...

Bereavement is a universal human experience, and although religious, cultural and social responses vary, undoubtedly the pain of saying a final goodbye to a loved one is common to all who go through it.  Therefore, unexpected delays and uncertainties when somebody...

The Court of Appeal has just issued a dramatic and hopeful ruling in a heart-wrenching family case, and coming close to both Chanukah and the Christmas period, the timing of the decision seems all the more poignant.  The facts of Re M (an appeal from the private law...

The Ministerial Code, which binds Government Ministers, cannot be treated lightly.  Ministers who fall foul of it can expect to walk the plank in political terms.  This week, it was with obvious regret that the Prime Minister Theresa May asked Damian Green for his...

Given that we are blogging about issues connected with conflicting beliefs in contemporary Britain, it would be remiss of us not to deal with The Great Winterval Myth in the month of December.  It now almost feels like a seasonal ritual, alongside the watching of A...

A flurry of colourful language is nothing unusual in either the House of Commons or the tabloid press. However, it is still striking to see Dominic Grieve, a poised and dignified former Attorney General, described as the “Rebel Commander”, whilst the Conservative...

For some months, voices both inside and outside Parliament have been hectoring the Government for disclosure of Brexit 'impact assessments' in relation to more than fifty sectors of the UK economy.   Many politicians, journalists and members of the general public had...

This week the world was again shaken by a brutal and sickening terrorist attack, as Islamist militants killed 235 people and injured many more in Egypt.  The victims were gathered in a mosque for Friday prayers and gunned down in cold blood.  Whilst the motivation...

On the same day in which the Church of England issued transphobic bullying guidance to its schools, a story erupted in the press over a fundamentalist Christian teacher who claimed to have been suspended from work in a (non-faith) academy for accidentally...

Headlines and soundbites often give a warped impression of the world.  At the end of October, a conservative Christian lost an action in the High Court, after having attempted to force Sheffield University to revisit its decision to terminate his studies as a student...