Roger Scruton was no atheist – argues his literary executor
On the first anniversary of his death, Scruton’s literary executor says that it is a ‘travesty of the truth’ to think that Scruton joined the ranks of those evangelical atheists
The philosopher’s mind at its end
Sir Roger Scuton’s biographer on the last days of a giant
Reshuffle Live
Liz Truss replaces Dominic Raab as Foreign Secretary
Shani Diluka: The Proust Album (Warner)
His concerto is a rag-and-bone man’s barrow trundling down a Haussmann boulevard
Le Pétain nouveau
France should look across the Channel before electing a journalist as president
In the shadows of giants
Why are so many still enthralled by even the most grotesque Victoriana?
Prohibition by other means
Do rising alcohol prices indicate the good times really are over — or could they harbour our freedom?
9/11 confidential
This 9/11 documentary gained extraordinary access to the key decision makers, deploying the material with skill and confidence
The House mirror
Sir David Amess showed MPs what they should be
Battle of the leftists
Which group of non-teachers run the universities: Vice-chancellors or UCU leaders?
Rule of silence
Good laws can’t be made if we don’t talk about them, and bad laws can’t be repealed in silence
History hasn’t ended
Francis Fukuyama got it very wrong
Thai feasts, muscular unionists and literary panjandrums
The Critic Narrated: Episode Four, with Lisa Hilton, Henry Hill and our Secret Author