Sholto Byrnes

Is "liberal" becoming a dirty word again?

• 17 October 2010
• 35 comments

Part I: Champions of the liberal agenda are scarcely to be found

World Affairs

Ignoble reactions to the Nobel Peace Prize

• 12 October 2010
• 8 comments

Not everyone is pleased Liu Xiaobo is this year's laureate

Atheists for Jesus!

• 10 October 2010
• 39 comments

If even Richard Dawkins is a “cultural Christian”, why don’t we guard this heritage more carefully?

Middle East

Saudi embarrassment

• 06 October 2010
• 19 comments

The killing or the homosexuality – which seems worse to the folks back home?

On Burma's election

• 03 October 2010
• 1 comment

What should the UK government demand?

World Affairs

Can you have faith in the law when the law bows to faith?

• 01 October 2010
• 19 comments

The Ayodhya verdict: not as satisfactory as it seems

What would Red Ted make of Red Ed?

• 29 September 2010
• 3 comments

The Labour leader has nothing on his infamous namesake

Politics

Muddle in the middle

• 26 September 2010
• 8 comments

Is Ed Miliband aiming to appeal to Middle Britain or to the middle classes?

Could you vote for Boris?

• 24 September 2010
• 39 comments

Ken shouldn’t have another turn as mayor of London just because he’s the Labour candidate.

Politics

Cuts won’t do the arts any good

• 22 September 2010
• 4 comments

Don’t fall for the romance of the “struggling artist”.