We need bravery and imagination if we’re to build a meaningful post-covid education system, by Joseph Kelly
One of the most crucial areas of concern throughout the past two Covid years has been the impact of the
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Whatever troubles we have to face, know that God will never desert us, by Joseph Kelly
2020 has been no ordinary year. This pandemic has forced us to adjust to a dreadful new normal – with
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North Shropshire by-election and Queen’s cancelled Christmas lunch highlight need for change in our priorities, by Joseph Kelly
Please God we might avoid it, but it does look like we’re heading for a second major lockdown. It was
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Getting the work/home life balance will be key in rebuilding a post-Covid world, by Joseph Kelly
With Omicron looking increasingly like an aggressive and potentially dangerous Covid variant, it was no surprise that this week the
Read moreMandatory vaccination is a worrying addition to the West’s already dubious stance on Covid, by Joseph Kelly
As if we haven’t got enough to deal with worrying about Omicron and whether or not we are finally going
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We need to stop talking about migrants and start talking about people if English Channel crisis is to be resolved, by Joseph Kelly
The emotional responses from across society to Wednesday’s terrible tragedy in the English Channel have been unanimous. The loss of
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Government’s ‘sneaky’ attempt to tweak the Care Act will hit poorest pensions hardest when they need support the most, by Joseph Kelly
With all the fuss about the HS2 Rail project unravelling, and the row over MPs second jobs, you could forgive
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Wearing the poppy is not a political gesture, but a remembrance of all who have given their lives so that we may sleep safely, by Joseph Kelly
There aren’t many things I’d care to remember about Liverpool’s shock defeat at West Ham last weekend, but there’s one
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How one young person’s school strike exploded into a global movement, and is giving hope to all young people, by Joseph Kelly
For those of us old enough to remember the heady days of political campaigning in across the 1960s and 70s,
Read moreChancellor’s “moral” Budget promises must put the vulnerable in our society first, says Joseph Kelly
The problem with government Budgets from whatever party has always been trying to determine what they actually mean, and who
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Face masks debate should be about concern for our neighbour, not a fixation with science, by Joseph Kelly
As the cold winter weather draws in, few of us will relish the thought of having to go out and
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Is the fallout from Covid reawakening society to the real meaning of Christmas? By Joseph Kelly
If we’re to believe the mainstream media, this coming Christmas is threatening to be something of a stressful washout for
Read moreFor Prisoners’ Sunday: the Government is playing God with our prisons, by Joseph Kelly
I’ve written a great deal about prisons over the years, and frankly most of it has made for fairly depressing
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Is ‘hostile design’ damaging our cities?
It’s odd how sometimes the deepest conversations about architecture can pop up in the most unlikely of places. Take Camden
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When Lazarus knocks our door
As we all struggled to keep body and mind together during the pandemic, many of us were consoled and uplifted
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Should we hand NHS back to local control?, by Joseph Kelly
After almost two years of Covid-19, there was understandably every hope that the autumn would see some kind of return
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