The New Statesman’s A-Z of 2024
A rundown of the year, from Charli XCX and Jeremy Clarkson to the incumbency curse and floods in Valencia.
ByJustin Welby
The Church of England has been my life’s work. What has it done to my soul?
This Christmas is not an easy one for the Church – but fundamentally, its mission has not changed.
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Justin Welby’s resignation has not fixed the Church of England
The Archbishop has done the right thing – but we must still confront the culture of deference inside the Church.
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The fall of Justin Welby
He leaves behind a wounded and shrinking Church of England.
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The race for Lambeth Palace
Can the next archbishop of Canterbury unite a divided Church?
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Justin Welby must resign now
He has failed to create a culture of transparency, writes the dean of King’s College, Cambridge.
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Does the Archbishop of Canterbury matter politically?
Justin Welby’s frequent interventions on policy are diminishing his office’s political weight.
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Justin Welby: “It’s better to be woke than asleep”
The Tories decry his interventions; others say he's too conservative. Can the Archbishop of Canterbury unite a fraying Church?
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When Justin Welby met John Cleese
In BBC Radio 4’s Archbishop Interviews, the unlikely pair talk about faith, forgiveness, cancel culture – and whether Jesus is…
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Justin Welby schools the government about refugees and compassion
The Archbishop of Canterbury's comments in his Easter sermon reflect a shift in the public's attitudes to immigration.
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Justin Welby: “We are still a long way from parity between physical and mental heath“
The Archbishop of Canterbury on the mental health crisis, inequality, and faith in a pandemic.
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Justin Welby exposes a fundamental contradiction of Boris Johnson’s government
The Archbishop of Canterbury condemns an “addiction to centralisation”.
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Archbishop Welby and the hidden price of being Mister Nice Guy
Doubtless Welby’s supporters will find such a description rude to the point of impiousness – but for those of us…
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