Philosopher par excellence
Beyond the breaking glass of his public interventions, Sir Roger Scruton was a peerless intellectual
Banksy and the triumph of banality
How the shallow culture warrior hoodwinked a generation
Private passions in the public square
The ground shifts under leading American conservative thinkers like RR Reno
The local food revival
Felipe Fernández-Armesto rejoices in the pleasures and comforts of traditional food
Unfairness, libel and the future of defamation cases
A libel claim to be considered this week not only threatens the claimant’s reputation, but also the precedent of the public interest test
High Drama on the Podium
Norman Lebrecht on the late, great Mariss Jansons who died on December 1st
Fair cop
When he gave you a punishment he’d ask if you agreed it was fair