There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
The great migration
What will Twitter do without its smuggest inhabitants?
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s path from sophisticated soirées to a squalid Fleet Street pub
The shame of the Oxford Union
A debate on Israel and Palestine was a disgrace
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
