Michael Oakeshott
The lasting power of simple virtues
Conservatism: The Fight for a Tradition by Edmund Fawcett
Defenders of a shared culture
Oliver Letwin compares and contrasts two conservative philosophers, the late Roger Scruton and Michael Oakeshott
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Death on demand?
Euthanasia offers only bad choices to the most vulnerable patients
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Illicit fun
Jonathan Leibowitz: Eastern Reflections (Delphian)
Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
