Socrates
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Cringing at the cliffedge
How British satire, and British politics, became painfully unfunny
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
