Sholto Byrnes

World Affairs

A very political monk

• 25 September 2009
• 13 comments

Why do we think the Dalai Lama is a living saint?

Books

Poland's forgotten Jews

• 24 September 2009
• 2 comments

The vanished world of Singer's Warsaw

The synagogue that doubles as a mosque

• 18 September 2009
• 6 comments

A truly inspiring story

Religion

Death of a terrorist

• 17 September 2009
• 3 comments

Noordin Top, leader of al-Qaeda in the Malay Archipelago, has been shot dead in Indonesia. But there are lessons behind the headlines

Religion

Gross National Unhappiness

• 15 September 2009
• 5 comments

Sarkozy and Stiglitz say we should measure well-being instead of GDP. Bhutan shows how it can all go wrong . . .

Religion

Could you forgive Mugabe?

• 14 September 2009
• 6 comments

Zimbabwe's president shows no sign of going. How does this "devout Catholic" square his crimes with his faith?

How Conrad Black poped

• 11 September 2009

The ex-Telegraph owner on his road to Rome

Religion

Tony Blair’s Faith Foundation speech

• 09 September 2009
• 6 comments

Listen to him – even if you can’t stand him

Religion

Irreligious freedom

• 07 September 2009
• 16 comments

Should the right not to be offended have a place in the statute book?

Religion

Age of Homo religiosus

• 03 September 2009
• 24 comments

Our annual God issue is always a bestseller, yet there are many NS readers who think we should have nothing to do with religion. Why?