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We must reclaim our cultural institutions from the left
This article is taken from the November 2026 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Find our subscription offers here. What doth it profit a man to gain the whole world but to lose his soul? Christ posed that question to his disciples, and Thomas More explored it further with Sir Richard Rich, who betrayed him for the attorney generalship of Wales.
Ukraine's military Starlink is working again, Kyiv says
KYIV—Ukraine's military Starlink system was working normally again on Saturday morning, the country's defense minister said, raising hopes that the 10-day disruption of the country's vital satellite internet service by Elon Musk's SpaceX was ending. Drone tests showed the connection with Starshield, a military-grade Starlink service, was stable at speeds of over 400 kilometers an hour, Defense Minister Evgeniy Khmara told reporters.
Ukraine says Starlink isn't working, despite Trump's promise to restore it
KYIV—The Starlink system used by Ukraine's military was suffering from low speeds limits early on Friday, despite President Trump saying that SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk had restored the service. Ukrainian drone units and government officials said connections with Starshield, a military-grade service using Starlink's infrastructure, continued to fail in most of the country when drones flew faster than 161 kilometers an hour, equivalent to around 100 miles an hour.
The pile-on paradox
This article is taken from the June 2026 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Find our subscription offers here. Jason Arday is dead, and the questions raised by his life and death have been litigated in almost every forum for at least two months. There is one matter, though, which has lurked on the margins of this unhappy situation that demands deeper reflection by all parts of society, regardless of what we thought, felt, or said about this particular case.
Russian airstrikes kill at least eight in Ukraine
KYIV—Russian overnight airstrikes on Ukrainian cities killed at least eight people, including children, and wounded more than 50, according to Ukraine's emergency services, as Moscow continued its heavy missile and drone barrages against the country. A direct hit on a family home near the central Ukrainian city of Kryviy Rih killed several children and their parents, according to local officials. The total death toll was expected to rise.
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
This article is taken from the June 2026 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Find our subscription offers here. So farewell the Chancery Division of the High Court. David Lammy, whose unfortunate tenure as Lord High Chancellor has also seen the decision to kill off our ancient rights to a trial by jury, has decided that what Britain needs in these dark and miserable days is a “Business and Property Division” of the High Court.
Microsoft Cares About Your Privacy Russia's war is going badly—on the ground and in the air
Anastasiia Malenko, Marcus Walker KYIV—Ukraine's military has wrestled Russia's much-larger army almost to a halt in recent months, having gained a tactical and technological edge. This summer will test whether it can turn that slender advantage into a strategic turning point. Fast-improving Ukrainian drone capabilities are hurting the invaders' logistics behind the battlefield, and pounding oil infrastructure and military targets deeper inside Russia.
Rubio challenges European allies to make NATO more useful
Marcus Walker, Robbie Gramer ROME—Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who met Italian leaders here on Friday, offered allies rankled by President Trump words of both support and warning. The U.S.'s top diplomat said he was a longtime supporter of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—partly because it allows the U.S. to project military power around the world.
Truth and consequences for ministers
This article is taken from the April 2026 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Get five issues for just £5. It was King Alfred who “cleverly” founded the Royal Navy, said Sellar and Yateman in the greatest work of history ever written, 1066 and All That. “From that time onwards foreigners, who, unlike the English, do not prefer to fight against long odds, seldom attacked the British Navy.
Gen Z are turning to the Book of Common Prayer
‘No one pretends that modern services will fill the churches. But adult converts ought to be able to step naturally into being worshippers. How absurd that a convert should be warned to undergo cultural orientation before he comes to church.’ These words of the arch-reformer Colin Buchanan in 1979 sum up the views of that post-1960s generation, who believed that all the prayer and thought which Anglicans had inherited was alien to the new generation.
The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally dessicated and politically sclerotic It is one of history’s ironies that the House of Commons voted to slash trials by jury on the same day as the House of Lords voted finally to expel the last remaining hereditary peers from Parliament.
Giorgia Meloni's mission: Persuading Trump and Europe to be friends
Marcus Walker ROME—The U.S. under President Trump has lost trust across Europe , but Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is sticking with America. Meloni is doing all she can to keep the troubled trans-Atlantic relationship alive. She has resisted European proposals to retaliate against Trump's trade threats and called for the U.S. and Europe to deepen their ties. This weekend, she broke with most of the continent by pledging to join Trump's Board of Peace —albeit only as an observer.
Team USA, Vance booed in frosty reception at Italy's Winter Olympics
Joshua Robinson, Marcus Walker MILAN—In a gleefully kitschy Opening Ceremony that featured ancient Romans, dancing espresso pots and a number by Mariah Carey, Italy threw open its arms to welcome the entire world to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Well, nearly the entire world.
Stop preaching about politics
This article is taken from the February 2026 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Get five issues for just £25. “Any attempt to co-opt Christianity to particular political agendas or ideologies should be viewed with deep suspicion,” said Arun Arora, the Bishop of Kirkstall and the Church of England’s co-lead bishop on racial justice. Hallelujah, I thought. No more co-option of Christianity to particular political agendas? Finally.
With the fate of Greenland in flux, its back to the age of empire
NUUK, GreenlandNobody this far north expected their ice-capped island to be the stage for a showdown over whether the 21st century will be a new age of empire.President Trump has backed downfor nowfrom his threats to use economic or military coercion to take over the Danish territory of Greenland.
Europe contends with a big new threat: the US
President Trumps demands that Denmark hand over Greenland to the U.S. or risk a trade war and possible military action is confronting Europe with the unthinkable: Its major ally for more than 70 years has turned into one of its most urgent threats.The collapse of trust in the U.S. over the past year among the European public and its leaders is forcing the continent to re-examine its reliancefrom security to tradeon America under an unpredictable Trump administration that has expressed an...
In Trumps drive for Greenland, NATO is roadkill
BRUSSELSA few months ago, officials on both sides of the Atlantic hoped that they had saved the Western alliancethe worlds biggest economic and military community.Today, the team that won the Cold War and led the globe is in tatters.President Trumps threat on Saturday to impose tariffs on European allies that resist a full U.S. takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland has fused two areas of trans-Atlantic tensiontrade and securityinto an explosive cocktail that is plunging the alliance...
Pope Leo XIV appoints Illinois bishop to succeed New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Pope Leo XIV has appointed a bishop from Illinois as the new leader of New Yorks Catholic archdiocese, succeeding conservative Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who is retiring.Leo named Bishop Ronald Hicks, 58 years old, as archbishop Thursday. Hicks who, like Leo, is from the Chicago suburbs, has served as the bishop of Joliet, Ill., since 2020.
Pope Leo XIV Appoints Illinois Bishop to Succeed New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan
1 hour ago Pope Leo XIV named Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, as the replacement for Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York’s Roman Catholic archdiocese. Dolan submitted his resignation in February as required when he turned 75 years old, but it has been officially accepted now by Pope Leo. » Subscribe to TODAY: https://www.youtube.com/@TODAY TODAY brings you the latest headlines and expert tips on money, health and parenting.
Why Britain is the new enemy
This article is taken from the November 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Get five issues for just £25. “Ingratitude towards their great men,” says Plutarch, “is the mark of strong peoples.” This was quoted by Winston Churchill in The Gathering Storm when talking about the French discarding Georges Clemenceau after the Great War.
Marcus Walker: Church has a gift to give to the nation
WE HELD a Public Disputation in my church, St Bartholomew the Great, on Thursday of last week. This medieval tradition was revived three years ago: public figures debate some matter of Church or State.
Biscuit crumbs from the table
The new Archbishop of Canterbury must let go — and trust clergy to do what’s best This article is taken from the October 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Get five issues for just £25. The selectors of the Archbishop of Canterbury are settling down to interview the shortlisted candidate at the end of September.
You won’t find God in your iPhone
This article is taken from the July 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £25. “I’m Marcus and I’m a phoneaholic.” There. I’ve said it. Ever since buying an iPhone immediately after starting my curacy, I have been hooked. It’s the best toy I’ve ever bought and has become my closest companion.
Finding a new head of the CofE
This article is taken from the June 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £25. Habent papam! They have a Pope — and congratulations to the Roman Catholic Church for the speedy election of a new head of their church, done with great solemnity and drama. As an Anglican, perhaps the greatest cause of envy is the speed. Barely three weeks passed between the death of Pope Francis and the election of Pope Leo XIV. Not so for us.
Anglican churchgoers need the Real Thing
“Five times in the last 2,000 years the church has to all appearances gone to the dogs,” said G.K. Chesterton. “In each case it was the dogs that died!” I have bad news for dogs: the church is making a surprise comeback. At least, there’s a sporting chance it is. I have bad news for the Church of England: we’re lagging behind. We’re missing the boat. We might be the dinosaurs, left mournfully on terra firma whilst Noah sets sail in the Ark. So what’s happened?
Anglican churchgoers need the Real Thing
This article is taken from the May 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. “Five times in the last 2,000 years the church has to all appearances gone to the dogs,” said G.K. Chesterton. “In each case it was the dogs that died!” I have bad news for dogs: the church is making a surprise comeback. At least, there’s a sporting chance it is. I have bad news for the Church of England: we’re lagging behind.
Who Will Be the Next Pope? A Visual Guide to the Conclave
3 hours ago Black smoke: No pope selected on first ballot Black smoke billowed over the Vatican on Wednesday to signal that no candidate received the required two-thirds majority of cardinal electors to … 5 hours ago The pope's salary: How does the pontiff get paid? The leader of the Roman Catholic Church does not get paid what many consider a traditional salary.
What Happens Next After the Death of Pope Francis
What Happens Next After the Death of Pope Francis He simplified the Vatican’s traditions for mourning and burying a pontiff Updated April 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM ET ROME—The Vatican is beginning the elaborate sequence of events for mourning, burying and replacing Pope Francis. On Monday evening, some 12 hours after the pope died, the Vatican’s camerlengo, or chamberlain, ceremonially certified the pontiff’s passing.
What Happens Next After the Death of Pope Francis
ROME—The Vatican is beginning the elaborate sequence of events for mourning, burying and replacing Pope Francis . On Monday evening, some 12 hours after the pope died , the Vatican’s camerlengo, or chamberlain, is due to ceremonially certify the pontiff’s passing . By tradition, the camerlengo, American Cardinal Kevin Farrell, will call out the late pope’s baptismal name, Jorge Mario, three times. On receiving no response, he will declare that the Holy See is vacant.
Do countries have ethics?
A state depends on its reputation, not just its wealth or power This article is taken from the April 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. When I’m feeling mischievous my answer to the question “who is your Christian hero” is Cardinal Richelieu.
Faith and free speech
This article is taken from the March 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. The first recorded use of the acronym OMG is not by a teenage girl in the 2000s; it was by Admiral the Lord Fisher in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917, expressing outrage at the failures of the Admiralty in the First World War. “Are we really incapable of a big Enterprise?” he asks at the end of his letter.
Pope Francis’ Health Has Worsened, Vatican Says
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An authentic relational approach to solving poverty
Daily Bread Ministries uses proven classes that equip churches and ministries and enable people to overcome poverty Food insecurity is not just a distant issue—it's real, it's personal, and it's impacting lives right here in San Antonio, a city that includes one of the poorest zip codes in the nation (78207). But what if food insecurity doesn't look the way you think it does? It's easy to connect hunger with homelessness, but the truth is the struggle is much closer to home than we often realize.
God & Our Dogs—Family | The Beacon
On the God & Our Dogs show, Meg Grier interviews guests just like you each week. We share stories of our dogs—past or present—giving insight into God’s perspective. Join the journey from “Relying on Self” to “Relying on God” through Time, Training, Trust, and ultimately Transformation in our relationship with our dogs and, as a result, God. This edition: Our Family.
More than just a figurehead
This article is taken from the February 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. “Being powerful is like being a lady.
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Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
This article is taken from the December-January 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. One of the more depressing elements of being a priest occurs in care homes. Not the time spent with the elderly there; those are often hours of fascinating anecdotes and profound conversations about life and death. The depressing element is hearing from the staff about the requests many families make.
The Church of England has to rebuild trust
Trust. That’s what this was all about. Trust that has collapsed between the Church and survivors of abuse. Trust that has collapsed between Archbishops and clergy, Bishops and Archbishops, dioceses and parishes. There is no trust. Trust is desperately easy to lose and desperately hard to regain. Trust in Justin Welby over his handling of the John Smyth case was fragile when the story broke in 2017 and shattered in the Makin Report, out last week.
The Church of England has to rebuild trust
The next Archbishop must love this church back into health Trust. That’s what this was all about. Trust that has collapsed between the Church and survivors of abuse. Trust that has collapsed between Archbishops and clergy, Bishops and Archbishops, dioceses and parishes. There is no trust. He was right to resign because the trust that has been lost over this scandal could never have been restored while he held office Trust is desperately easy to lose and desperately hard to regain.
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal This article is taken from the November 2024 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10.
Turning shares into swords
This article is taken from the August-September 2024 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. On the night before he died, Jesus told his disciples, “But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it … and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.” This is not necessarily the clinching Scriptural argument for the arms trade, but it’s pretty much the only one we’ve got so I’m going to run with it.
A misguided election briefing
ou may have missed this as the general election campaign veered between waves of tragedy and farce but the Church of England’s Diocese of Salisbury decided to issue a formal “briefing” on the issues of the election which, while being neither lachrymose nor funny, was certainly depressing. It tries to be a briefing document for anyone in the diocese wanting “to Pray your Part” and it explores many of the issues being discussed in the election. It does not explore them in a neutral way.
A misguided election briefing
The Church must recognise there are Christians on both the left and right of politics This article is taken from the July 2024 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10.
A misguided election briefing
This article is taken from the July 2024 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. You may have missed this as the general election campaign veered between waves of tragedy and farce but the Church of England’s Diocese of Salisbury decided to issue a formal “briefing” on the issues of the election which, while being neither lachrymose nor funny, was certainly depressing.
Please remember, terrorism is evil
This article is taken from the June 2024 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. Violence is bad. Violence deliberately targeted against civilians is evil. It seems rather odd to have to say this. For most of my life, this would have been axiomatic but since the pogrom unleashed upon the Jews of Southern Israel on 7 October, this seems to have become a heavily contested claim.
London vicar: ‘Wedding planners are employed by the Devil’
Our church is a popular one for weddings. We have around 20 a year. St Bartholomew the Great was one of the four churches featured in Four Weddings and a Funeral and sometimes people want to get married here because of the film.
Dumbing down the priesthood
Unless the Church reinstates rigorous college-based training for clerics, it will wither away This article is taken from the March 2024 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. ‘Key limiting factors”.
The baddies who don’t know they are
A process of dehumanisation enables the savagery unleashed during the October 7 pogrom This article is taken from the December-January 2024 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. ‘‘Hans … are we the baddies?” The moment of self-realisation in a Mitchell and Webb comedy sketch as two Nazis in a bunker examine their uniform and realise that their symbol is a skull.
The road to Wigan's tears
This is not hyperbole. I’m not sure how else to describe a scheme which drives away fully a third of your congregation and results in a collapse of giving by a third, which cost £1.2 million to implement and has resulted in the deficits of the churches involved shooting up from £56,000 per year to £295,666. Let’s go back to the beginning. Wigan was the first project of a vast scheme of national spending called “Strategic Development Funding”.
The road to Wigan's tears
The road to Wigan's tears The Church of England's drive to remake itself has been a pastoral and financial catastrophe By Marcus Walker THE CRITIC November 2023 We need to talk about Wigan. "Why Wigan?" you might ask. Because Wigan is the prototype for a whole new way of being Anglican which is being rolled out across various dioceses and, being the first of this model, it has been the subject of a detailed study and shown to be a disaster. This is not hyperbole.
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