Freedom in a Puritan Age

Chris Ashford notes that, despite politics on both sides of the Atlantic being dominated by the subject of same-sex marriage, most politicians remain frustratingly vague about their views.

Charles Brickdale argues that, in their bigotry and self-righteousness, ‘Hope Not Hate’ are not the friends of liberty they take themselves to be, but instead Breivik’s mirror-image.

Chris Ashford says the government consultation on same-sex marriage has potentially historic implications, but its formal questions are limited and fail to engage with the real difficulties.

“Sylvia Pankhurst: Everything is Possible” is a documentary that tells the largely buried story of a remarkable and courageous woman who lived in an era very different from our own.

Latest news from around the web: The UK drink problem, the new government ‘alcohol strategy’ to combat binge drinking, anti-alcohol lobby groups, and the reasons we drink.

Paul Thomas writes in praise of alcohol: a thing to be both savoured and swilled down in great quantities.

Jane Fae interviews Managing Editor of The Sun, regarding the paper’s reporting of a trans man who has given birth.

The Crown Prosecution Service is attempting to eradicate ‘obscenity’ by supplanting juries and politicians — positioning itself as ultimate arbiter of law.

As the annual Memorial Day approaches, Charles Brickdale asks if schools should stop teaching children about the Holocaust.

A Battle of Ideas debate looks at the implications of neuroscience’s claims of ‘male’ and ‘female’ brains.