A moral education: Tony D’Souza has more on the ‘ingenious’ Thomas Paine

‘My own mind is my own church.’

by Tony D’Souza 24th October 2025

Since I wrote my first article about Thomas Paine (‘Trying a man’s soul’, 18 July), the old boy has been tugging at my sleeve to write another one. Not necessarily to put the record straight, but to fill in parts I may have missed the first time.