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Rilke’s Eternal Question

2023-03-17T13:37:22+00:00

Does the outer space into which we dissolve taste of us at all? Read more

Rilke’s Eternal Question2023-03-17T13:37:22+00:00

Jonathan Coad and British TV’s most catastrophic interview

2023-03-10T11:09:08+00:00

This week Mr Coad was on GB News being questioned about Matt Hancock, WhatsApp, Isabel Oakeshott and the various other intrigues preoccupying us as our nation goes down the swannee.

Jonathan Coad and British TV’s most catastrophic interview2023-03-10T11:09:08+00:00

The perilous path of Iraq & ruin

2023-03-17T13:37:55+00:00

Saddam Hussein turned out to have no Weapons of Mass Destruction, despite the intelligence estimates of the US, UK, Germany and many other countries which said he did. Read more

The perilous path of Iraq & ruin2023-03-17T13:37:55+00:00

W. H. Auden’s Poignant Embrace

2023-03-10T11:17:53+00:00

Poetry is not especially useful when describing the state of the traffic heading downtown. It is not required for summing up the pleasures of shopping. But there are moments when

W. H. Auden’s Poignant Embrace2023-03-10T11:17:53+00:00

Thomas Jefferson and the death of wisdom

2023-03-03T13:44:39+00:00

I spent last week touring American universities for the Common Sense Society, and as usual when speaking at campuses felt both a certain degree of hope and a considerable amount

Thomas Jefferson and the death of wisdom2023-03-03T13:44:39+00:00

A university finally stands up to woke virtue signaling

2023-03-03T13:42:11+00:00

We have politicians who behave like schoolchildren, teachers who live in fear of their students, and bosses and CEOs who are terrorized by their most junior employees. When did all

A university finally stands up to woke virtue signaling2023-03-03T13:42:11+00:00

T.S. Eliot and the Passage of Time

2023-03-03T13:52:57+00:00

Only a few writers will crop up here more than once, and only three will appear several times. To nobody’s surprise, one of these will be the greatest poet of

T.S. Eliot and the Passage of Time2023-03-03T13:52:57+00:00