Edmund Fawcett
The lasting power of simple virtues
Conservatism: The Fight for a Tradition by Edmund Fawcett
The stench of Chanel No 5
Set mainly in Nazi-occupied Paris, The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
The deep wisdom of rootedness
Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
How the Ukraine delusion may end
Biden might entertain peace to cut his losses and boost his election chances
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business