Stephen Daisley

Ireland’s forgotten Schindler teaches us how to fight antisemitism

Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, a minor but well-connected Vatican official, spent World War II hiding Jews from the Nazis.

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Fantastic Priests and Where to Find Them

Ticket Stubs #13: The Scarlet and the Black (1983), True Confessions (1981), Father Stu (2022), and The Cardinal (1963).

Dec 11 • Stephen Daisley

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Settling down

The Promising Land #9: How to address the twin problems of settler and Palestinian violence.

Dec 11 • Stephen Daisley

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November 2025

The crisis at the BBC is no victory for the right

Politics Notebook #30: The Conservatives will only ever conserve progressive institutions, not reform them.

Nov 12 • Stephen Daisley

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October 2025

Boogeyman nights

Ticket Stubs #12: Fearing the reaper in John Carpenter’s “Halloween” and fearing him somewhat less in “Halloween II”.

Oct 31 • Stephen Daisley

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Everything You Always Wanted to Say About Woody Allen* (*But Were Afraid to Admit)

Ticket Stubs #11: Remembering Diane Keaton in her roles in “Annie Hall” and “Looking for Mr. Goodbar”.

Oct 24 • Stephen Daisley

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September 2025

No dogs, no Israelis

Politics Notebook #29: Britain’s Defence Academy has banned Israelis. Here’s who they welcome instead.

Sep 16 • Stephen Daisley

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Amazon marketplace

Ticket Stubs #10: Jeff Bezos fights the “War of the Worlds”, Mark Wahlberg can’t get “Flight Risk” off the ground, Nicolas Cage is devilishly creepy in…

Sep 14 • Stephen Daisley

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July 2025

Hiroshima, non amour

Ticket Stubs #9: Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” is back in the news, which reminded me that I didn’t like it, which in turn reminded me that I didn’t…

Jul 13 • Stephen Daisley

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The OBR Translator

Politics Notebook #28: A helpful guide to the Office for Budget Responsibility report.

Jul 9 • Stephen Daisley

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May 2025

Are you there God? It’s us, Gen-Z.

Some anecdotal observations on the growth in church attendance among younger people.

May 3 • Stephen Daisley

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April 2025

Foran debt

Politics Notebook #27: A note on one hell of a lawyer.

Apr 16 • Stephen Daisley

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