Giles Fraser is a parish priest in Elephant and Castle, south London
April 2019
As the Sri Lanka attacks show, Christians worldwide face serious persecution
Giles Fraser
Resurrection is inescapable in Holy Week. Notre Dame will rise again
Giles Fraser
June 2018
Is it time to give the overworked one-minute’s silence a rest?
Giles Fraser
I’m tired of defensiveness and a lack of ideas being passed off as a pause for reflection, says the former Guardian Loose Canon columnist Giles Fraser
February 2018
The panel
Was Corbyn’s speech a bold Brexit vision, or playing politics? The panel verdict
Owen Jones, Giles Fraser, Katy Balls, David Shariatmadari and Faiza Shaheen
Five writers respond after Corbyn set out his plans for a UK-EU customs union
December 2017
Loose canon
What do an Etonian, a Trumpite and a Corbyn fan have in common? My church
Giles Fraser
It’s hard to think of a more varied group of people than the one that gathers at my local church. Surely a truly healthy society is built on this sort of diversity, writes Guardian columnist Giles Fraser
Loose canon
Tidings of comfort and joy can’t take the pain out of life
Giles Fraser
When my son can’t sleep and I offer reassurance I am reminded that, as a priest, that’s my job, writes Giles Fraser, priest-in-charge at St Mary’s Newington, south London
Loose canon
Jerusalem – for Christians, Jews and Muslims – is both a city and an idea
Giles Fraser
Loose canon
Bad Santa: how we turned Saint Nicholas into a symbol of greed
Giles Fraser
Hearts and minds: Giles Fraser on life after his quadruple bypass
November 2017
Loose canon
How Meghan Markle might bring the royals closer to Christ the King
Giles Fraser
Loose canon: If Prince Harry’s fiancee can bring some of her campaigning spirit for the dispossessed into the Windsor mix, the monarchy will be all the richer for it
Loose canon
It’s called effective altruism – but is it really the best way to do good?
Giles Fraser
Loose canon: The reduction of morality to a data-driven calculation has proved especially attractive in an age where Stem disciples make so much of the cultural running
Loose canon
Salvator Mundi went for $450m. But you can have the real thing for free
Giles Fraser
Loose canon
Hedd Wyn: the shepherd poet whose story shows the stupidity of war
Giles Fraser
Loose canon
Before Balfour: the Reformation helped to create the state of Israel
Giles Fraser
October 2017
Here’s my Thought for the Day: stop sneering and keep the faith, BBC
Giles Fraser
A culture of sniggering contempt towards religion is endemic within the BBC, says priest and Guardian columnist Giles Fraser
Loose canon
Why the Soviet attempt to stamp out religion failed
Giles Fraser
Loose canon: The British Museum’s Living with Gods exhibition describes some of the myriad ways in which faith expresses itself
Loose canon
Universal credit is designed to blame the poor for their poverty
Giles Fraser
Loose canon
Still puzzled by the Brexit vote? Take yourself off to Blakenall Heath
Giles Fraser
Loose canon
The truth about capitalism is out as Marx’s magic cap starts to slip
Giles Fraser
September 2017
Loose canon
Like the prophets of old, Colin Kaepernick uses prayer as protest
Giles Fraser
Loose canon: America itself has become the object of its own collective worship, with Donald Trump the Herod of its civic religion. But loyalty to God will always beat loyalty to the state
