Intellectuals
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
What I learned from failing my PhD
Intellectual life shouldn’t be a combat sport
The problem with Parris
Muddle-headed midwit journalists should stop dabbling in armchair theology
The conversion of Paul
The political journey of Paul Johnson, who renounced his socialist ideals to become a standard-bearer of the Right
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
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
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
Identity politics has undermined policing
Sir Mark Rowley should address the partiality of the police
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
