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
Earworms — some Profane, mostly Sacred
Hymns can be as catchy as popular music
Do feminists speak for all women?
To speak on behalf of women is not to speak for or over them
In the beginning: neither fish nor fowl
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
Civilisation versus barbarism in Kensington and Chelsea
A new book reminds us of the irreplaceable value of our architectural heritage
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Yachts wrong with the world
Donald Trump, whiteness, superyachts and other evils
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
Snapshot of the PM who killed his party
History is a wonderful guide to political practice in the present, just so long as nothing is different
A Royal good time
Racing brings the country together in a convulsion of delirious democracy
