Roger Scruton
The philosopher’s mind at its end
Sir Roger Scuton’s biographer on the last days of a giant
Free speech in an uncivil society
A climate of intolerance is threatening the pursuit of reason.
Vinous Valhalla
David Womersley reveres Roger Scruton on wine
A philosopher of deeds
Roger Scruton was a doer as well as a thinker
Philosopher par excellence
Beyond the breaking glass of his public interventions, Sir Roger Scruton was a peerless intellectual
The politics of the Pet Shop Boys
How the electronic dance duo made more than a minimal contribution to music
Few heirs to spare
Is philosophy even within reach of conservatives?
Conspiracies against the left
There are no new problems in the New Left, only old solutions in fighting them
Roger Scruton’s Faith
The admirer of Christ who never quite became a follower
Scruton’s Danubian overtures
Sir Roger Scruton: A classical composer and inspiration to Hungarian students
Motorway-mania
Britain in the age of the automobile
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
The problem with e-mortality
Techno-utopians are failing reason and failing technology
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
It is they who will surrender
We have all of tomorrow’s excuses today
