Peter Salmon
Derrida deconstructed
Derrida’s prose, which stops being turgid only in order to be turbid, is utterly incomprehensible
Blue de grâce?
The next election could spell doom for the Conservative Party
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
Bring back the Law Lords
Tony Blair’s introduction of a US-style Supreme Court has served to undermine the supremacy of Parliament
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Eyes on the prizes
On a dispiriting start to racing’s “Premierisation” era
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
Keep your shirt on
Don your white shirt with a flash of scarlet à la the fashion bitches
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
