Sholto Byrnes

The modest Miliband

• 18 August 2010
• 15 comments

He doesn’t even mind being called the wrong name.

The “market appeal” of Ramadan

• 15 August 2010
• 21 comments

Why demanding religions win.

Religion

Losing our religion

• 11 August 2010
• 28 comments

Who knows about classics and the Bible these days?

Asia

One nation undivided under God

• 09 August 2010
• 22 comments

Up until 2005, Indonesia seemed sure to succumb to a wave of Islamist terror. But, in the post-Suharto era, even political Islamists seem intent on democracy, tolerance and keeping the peace.

Cricket: a civilised confrontation

• 07 August 2010
• 4 comments

The view of an American.

Borderline madness

• 04 August 2010
• 11 comments

Why do we continue to act as though Afghanistan and Pakistan are western-style nation states?

Asia

The ordinary man who became the Khmer Rouge’s jailer

• 26 July 2010

Never forget: the terrifying normality of Comrade Duch -- by the prisoner who survived.

Art

A government of philistines

• 24 July 2010
• 7 comments

Cutting the arts is the last thing the coalition should be doing.

How do you create a “big society”?

• 20 July 2010
• 5 comments

A big song may not be a bad start.

Religion

The clash of civilisations will not be with Islam

• 14 July 2010
• 53 comments

“Don’t panic!” says distinguished Cambridge academic.