Philosophy
Gazing out of the abyss
How to live, in spite of everything
A love letter to hard-won wisdom
They paid the bills through the tutorials that trained the next generation
The new treason of the intellectuals
Julien Benda is as relevant today as he was in 1927
AI and the disintegrating imagination
ChatGTP will change our relationship with writing
Can science hold all the answers?
Revisiting the thinkers who challenged the scientific method’s claims to have a monopoly on the truth and offer privileged access to reality
The curious cult of the friend of fascism
Ayn Rand’s vile philosophy was one of the crudest ever to be taken seriously, but attracts the devotion of fundamentalists for whom she could do no wrong
Among the deathworks
On culturing culture
Let’s get teleological
Another way to look at morality and law
Against mere negativity
Politics needs a vision of the Good
For Hume the bell tolls
Civil debate? A miracle
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The “open borders experiment” is reversible
Keir Starmer can and should change the conditions by which migrants become eligible for Indefinite Leave To Remain status
Italy is right to extend its ban on surrogacy
It is good for women and it is good for children
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
