John Saumarez Smith
John Saumarez Smith: a bibliophile and a gentleman
The Heywood Hill bookseller has died
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully