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What we talk about when we talk about phones
‘Smartphone addiction’ is a manifestation of a spiritual malaise
Jan 14 • Dolan Cummings
Claudette
A short story for Christmas
Dec 18, 2025 • Dolan Cummings
Strangers and strangers
Integration and belonging in liberal, modern Britain
Nov 14, 2025 • Dolan Cummings
Christianity and existential freedom
The ‘quiet revival’ throws into relief the strangeness of post-Christian liberalism
Oct 30, 2025 • Dolan Cummings
Is curiosity a virtue?
The yearning for knowledge and the itch for distraction
Sep 18, 2025 • Dolan Cummings
Salvaging ‘equity’ from DEI
Properly understood, the idea of equity is a foundation of civilised life
Aug 14, 2025 • Dolan Cummings
Three kinds of belonging
Meaningful citizenship is richer and more complex than either blood or bureaucracy
Jul 16, 2025 • Dolan Cummings
Islamophobia, homophobia and the moral imagination
The disingenuous rhetoric of ‘phobias’ impoverishes both moral and political thought
Jun 12, 2025 • Dolan Cummings
Understanding the 'pretender ideology'
How woke rules our institutions without capturing our hearts
May 14, 2025 • Dolan Cummings
Karen
A short story for Easter
Apr 17, 2025 • Dolan Cummings
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Essays looking behind and beyond the long shadow of the 20th century

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