Felix Robertson

Felix Robertson is a former Commonweal intern and is currently reading Theology at Peterhouse, Cambridge.

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A Return to Normal?

Though Britain’s vaccine rollout provides a source of hope, it also emphasizes the social inequality exposed by the pandemic.

By Felix Robertson

April 25, 2021

Foreign Affairs

Coronavirus

Article

The View from Dover

The fortunes of the coastal city of Dover are slowly on the rise, at least for now. But a dark shadow looms: the threat of a no-deal Brexit.

May 21, 2019

Article

The Other Place

A new book describes everything one could wish to know about Hell: fire, brimstone, and boiling oil, but also the history of the idea across religions.

April 22, 2019

Article

Brexit’s Cross-Party Dialogue

Cross-party efforts have saved Britain before. With any luck, they could do it again.

By Felix Robertson

April 6, 2019

Foreign Affairs

Economy

Must Reads

Politics

Biden’s Foreign Policy

Amid the breathless media chronicling of Biden’s “First Hundred Days,” his strategic guidance has received little attention.

By Andrew J. Bacevich

April 27, 2021

Religion

A Historic Resignation

Bishop Hoeppner’s resignation marks a significant advance in the effort to hold prelates accountable for concealing clergy sexual abuse.

By Paul Moses

April 16, 2021

Culture

A Hybrid Voice

For the novelist Xiaolu Guo, telling stories in English is an ongoing project to capture a life lived across China, Europe, and the United States.

By Melody S. Gee

April 18, 2021

Books

What Happens Next?

Lauren Oyler’s new novel is a knowing and hilariously bleak model for our internet age.

By Jacob Bacharach

April 15, 2021

Collections

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we’re collecting poems and writings about poetry, with new additions by our literary critic every Friday.

By The Editors

April 7, 2021