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
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth