Anthony O’Hear
Anthony O’Hear was a Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and editor of Philosophy for 25 years
Philosopher par excellence
Beyond the breaking glass of his public interventions, Sir Roger Scruton was a peerless intellectual
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024
Balance the books
Britain’s soaring debt may not be as sustainable in the long term as figures suggest
Labour’s economic plans are a disaster waiting to happen
They won’t save the planet and they won’t save the economy
Collapse of the cordon sanitaire
The success of nationalists is shaking European politics
Losing the battle, losing the war
The most pernicious effect of aligning art with political activism is that the distinction between the two is lost
In defence of emotional voting
We cannot expect voters to think in cold rational terms
Strawberry fields? Never
The idea of toughening zoomers up with hard labour is a pointless fantasy
Socialism with Starmerite characteristics
The coming-out party of the Labour moderates had distinctly totalitarian vibes
The Gradel Quadrangles at New College, Oxford
Postmodernity perches precariously in the porter’s lodge