If you want to understand the riots in France in 2026, then one good place to start is Britain in 1972. That was when the BBC broadcast what I think is one of the most shocking scenes ever seen on British television. The scene starts with a man in striped shirt and gray trousers standing...

If God doesn’t exist, how do you explain cats, peacock feathers, and the prose of P.G. Wodehouse? If the Devil doesn’t exist, how do you explain cats, plague, and the prose of Judith Butler? As you can see, cats turn up on both sides of the ledger: on God’s for their charm, beauty, and mystery;...

It couldn’t be simpler: I rule the world and everyone else must obey me. How do I know this? Well, consider the undeniable fact that you are a single individual. The world’s population is therefore divided into two groups: you, numbering one, and those who are not you, numbering more than eight billion. Obviously, I’m...

Super-Man, Star-Man or Son of God? That’s the trilemma, the three possible ways to explain the greatest Donald in history. So which one was Don? I’m talking about Donald Bradman (1908-2001), the Australian über-batsman who dominated a major sport like no other athlete in history. His statistics are astonishing: in first-class cricket, he had a...