Reader, I promise thee here such things, which ordinarily promised, doe seeme to challenge the greatest attention, and I lay them here before thine eyes, whether thou regard the dignity or profit of the matter treated of, or the right method of handling it, or the honest motive, and good advice to undertake it, or lastly the moderation of the Authour.
Armed on the street
It may seem strange to some man, that has not well weighed these things; that Nature should thus dissociate, and render men apt to invade, and ...
The Salisbury Review, still brilliant
The Salisbury Review may be the most intelligent quarterly review there is. The founding editor was Sir Roger Scruton no less, and he served ...
Our Planet Matters to Auntie
The BBC’s year-long project, ‘Our Planet Matters’ could be a great thing if it is a wide approach, and of the essence of the&# ...
Scruton’s Anglosphere
One theme coming strongly out of Sir Roger Scruton’s work is the particular brilliance of the English-speaking world, characterised also in ...
Who are the Iranians?
We do not understand Iran and maybe never shall. It is not a normal country, and that is meant in a good way. Half a century of dealing with ...
Sir Roger Scruton – in memory of greatness
All thoughts must be put aside to mourn the passing of the greatest thinker of our age – and greater too because he acted also. Sir Roger Scruton ...
Between two fires
I do not want to write about the bushfires of Australia unless in a respectful or mournful way, and I do not want to write of those caught in them ...
Titanic to appoint new Captain
The list of candidates keen to captain the RMS Titanic is growing. Such is the struggle for the wheel of this famous empty vessel that observers ...