New data from Nielsen BookScan has revealed that UK Bible sales in 2025 reached their highest point since records began in 2008. Annual sales more than doubled from £2.69m in 2019 to £6.3m in 2025, while sales have shot up by 106 percent in volume—the number of copies sold—over the past five years. According to a Bible Society study, Christians aged 18-24 were the group most likely to be reading the Bible regularly. Despite their digital native status, they’re using physical

Thomas Robert Malthus was an influential British economist best known for his theory on population growth, outlined in his 1798 book “An Essay on the Principle of Population.” In it, Malthus argued that populations inevitably expand until they outgrow their available food supply, causing the population growth to be reversed by disease, famine, war, or calamity. He is also known for developing an exponential formula used to forecast population growth, which is currently known

Are we approaching the end of centuries of Jewish presence in the United Kingdom? This is not only about the dramatic rise in antisemitic incidents since October 7, nor solely about the wave of anti-Israel demonstrations that have effectively turned into protests against Jewish existence itself. It is not just about the loss of basic personal security, the fear of wearing a Star of David, affixing a mezuzah or appearing visibly Jewish in public. British Jewry is a deeply root

Local Government Secretary Steve Reed formally approved plans for the building near the Tower of London after a series of delays and legal challenges. Plans for the embassy have been plagued by objections and protests since 2018, when China’s government bought the site at Royal Mint Court, near the Tower of London, for 225 million pounds ($301 million.) The building will cover about 215,250 square feet and replace several Chinese official buildings across London. Starmer has

The British government has watered down plans for mandatory digital identification cards, a contentious idea it had touted as a way to help control immigration. Officials confirmed that it won’t be compulsory for citizens and residents to show a digital ID card in order to get a job, ditching a key plank of the policy announced in September. Starmer announced in September that “you will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID. It’s as simple as