Oliver Letwin
Oliver Letwin was Conservative MP for West Dorset 1997-2019
Defenders of a shared culture
Oliver Letwin compares and contrasts two conservative philosophers, the late Roger Scruton and Michael Oakeshott
It isn’t ageist to want Joe Biden to drop out
People are concerned about his condition, not his age
Of course the culture wars matter
It is people who trivialise them who are not taking politics seriously
Music for a disintegrating world
Valentin Silvestrov: Widmung, Postludium (Naxos)
What the BBC does not say about femicide in London
Racial disparities are evident among perpetrators as well as victims
The stories of a cemetery
There is much to learn about human life in a graveyard
The love that can’t be erased
A recent court case exposed the surrogacy industry’s big lie
Do the arts need policy?
Decoupling creativity from policy might give art ambition again
Sweet vengeance could turn sour
Anti-Conservative right-wingers should be careful what they wish for
Reclaiming freedom in the arts
Great art that speaks of today cannot be made in a climate of fear
Latte populism
Nigel Farage wanders over to the wrong side of the tracks, clutching his coffee