Coventry Cathedral is one of those rare examples of successful Modernism, whose appeal transcends architectural fashion. Like another successful example – the Barbican Estate – it rose from the devastation of the German Luftwaffe, and now overlooks its previous incarnation, a crumbling, unrestored symbol of 20th Century cataclysm.
As a result of this traumatic history, the [...]
Leaders from Baha’ism, Buddhism, Christianity, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism and Sikhism gathered at Windsor Castle this week to save the planet. Most pressingly:
When people from nine faiths with special dietary requirements visit for a banquet, what should be on the menu? That is the dilemma facing the Royal Family as Windsor Castle hosts an [...]
The Law exists to send a clear message. Crime is Crime. And yet, there will always be people who simply have to break the rules.
The Public Order Act should have made it quite clear to us all that “interfaith dialogue” is a no-no. But the Vogelenzangs – a couple who run a Liverpool hotel – [...]
Definitions of race range from those who say it does not exist – that it’s purely a social construct – to those who insist it has a biological warrant. All sorts of semantic problems arise, let alone political ones: if there is no such thing as race, what does “diversity” mean? If on the other [...]
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