Felix Robertson

Felix Robertson is a former Commonweal intern. He graduated this spring from Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he studied theology.

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Article

Scandals that Stick

Following Boris Johnson’s resignation, the Conservative party must reckon with upcoming challenges and the lingering stain of the Partygate scandal.

By Felix Robertson

August 5, 2022

Foreign Affairs

Letters

Article

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

Lock Him Up?

Declining to charge Trump for fear of how his supporters might react would concede to him the one thing he’s always wanted: total impunity.

By Griffin Oleynick

August 25, 2022

Religion

Good Samaritans?

If we were to frame abortion in Samaritan terms, the Dobbs decision returns the wrong issue to the states.

By Meghan Sullivan

August 31, 2022

Religion

‘There Will Be Surprises’

Pope Francis’s meetings in Rome bring together cardinals from around the world to discuss Curial reform.

By Joshua J. McElwee

August 30, 2022

Religion

Earnest Desire

Pope Francis’s letter on liturgical formation challenges and affirms the People of God as a whole.

By Rita Ferrone

August 27, 2022

Religion

Maxima Culpa

The Church should respond to the horror of unmarked graves in Canadian residential schools with apologies, not evasions.

By Matt Dinan

July 15, 2021

Culture

The Paradox of Public Scholarship

Public-facing scholarship has become a given for many academics—but at what cost?

By Susan Bigelow Reynolds

September 6, 2022

Culture

Only God Could Join Us to God

The poet Michael Robbins and theologian David Bentley Hart on Christianity, Yeats, and growing old

By Michael Robbins & David Bentley Hart

August 30, 2022

Books

Who’s It For?

The question “What makes a story ‘good writing’?” can’t be answered until you know who the story is for.

By Eve Tushnet

August 7, 2022

Collections

Abortion After Dobbs

Commonweal writers discuss what Dobbs is likely to mean for abortion law, American politics, and the challenge of creating a “culture of life” worthy of the name.

By The Editors

August 30, 2022