The Pompidou Centre, Paris’s great blemish
From no angle does this ostentatious building fit in with its surroundings, nor did it occur to its architects that it should
Wine deserves its place at the heart of civilisation
Philosopher Roger Scruton on what he owes to wine
Big business once cherished workers. Now it exploits them
Victorian capitalists belonged to the same town as those who worked for them. They could not escape the demands of the neighbourhood
Brexit will give us back the countryside, as well as our country
Escaping the Common Agricultural Policy will preserve rural landscapes and lifestyles
As the left surges back, Marxism’s bloody legacy is covered up
Monuments to the victims of fascism exist everywhere, but communism’s victims are hardly remembered at all
How schools fell victim to the attack of the Blob
Mindless ideology is eating away at the soul of our education system
What’s the point of education?
Why does the state take an interest in education? The prevailing view, at least since the end of the last…
Labour of the negative
Jeremy Corbyn’s disregard for Parliament is terrible for his party and for our representative democracy
Universities’ war against truth
Having beliefs and expressing them is no longer tolerated and the contagion is spreading
The EU’s problem with Islam
Hiding the truth about migrant crimes shows huge disrespect to most Muslims
Why we need grammar schools
Keeping high culture alive is vital for the preservation of peace and democracy
