Philosophy
Treading the path of enlightenment
The spiritual beauty of Plotinus and unity
My fashion fast
If in doubt chuck it out
Far from easy reading
The heart of his argument is solid and his insight is inspired
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches