They hold hands And walk in silence In those faded towns which are rocked by drizzle Making no sound but their footsteps Step by muted...

I’m reading on Jack Charlton, the tall, gangly centre-half for Leeds United and England in the sixties up to his retirement in 1972 when...

A Rational Environmentalism There has been yet another book published by a long-term member of the environmental movement, pointing out...

Thoughts on Tocqueville, Democracy and Transcendent Standards Nietzsche was right, but Nietzsche went mad. He was right that truth and...

The Society of Idiots Thoughts on a Licentious Society That’s quite a title, I must admit. Is that what people call ‘click bait?’ I think...

It is Father’s Day today. It struck me today that I never once wished my father a Happy Father’s Day. When it was a happy day every day,...

Beyond Libertarianism, a true conservatism? I’m taking the pulse of several conservative articles, from the Telegraph and other places....

Good-bye to statues, Good-bye to you "Like Saturn, the Revolution devours its children." Jean Louis Mallet, “Considérations sur la nature...

For Civility, Public Life, and Reason Against feral rebels I’m not at my best when writing in a harsh tone. I much prefer to state...

A Positive and Lasting Peace in the Presence of Justice This extended essay was written in response to the recent words and deeds of the...

I have just read a friend saying this in response to the Planet of the Humans documentary: ‘It is very difficult to counteract the harm...

Pythagoreanism over time 'Music is the harmonization of opposites, the conciliation of warring elements.' - Pythagoras Plato adopted much...

The Simple Joys of the Jam Butty I’ve been getting a little nostalgic in the midst of the lockdown. It’s just me in the house. My dad...

Too daft to laugh at, as the good folk of northern England would say. I wonder if these are the kind of people who have to be warned not...

Pope Francis’ Homily on 20th Anniversary of Divine Mercy Sunday (Full Text) Pope Francis has frequently stated that ‘this economy kills.’...

A word from the wise: Hypothesis: it was reports from Italy that finally hit home what was about to happen in the UK, and the US, for...

Donald Trump and the International Institutional Order I would prefer not to have to write on Donald Trump. I much prefer an...

Liberty as Licence Destroys Freedom I have just had the misfortune to hear an American ‘libertarian’ apologist for the anarchy of the...

The Woman With a Million Unwritten Poems in Her Voice Juliette Gréco has long been a favourite singer of mine. I have a number of her...

My Andrea Bocelli Collection In light of Andrea Bocelli’s magnificent Music for Hope performance in Milan, I decided to dig out my...