The elegant Oxford scholar paved the way for Richard Dawkins

His book, Morals, Law and Life, is a fine defence of Catholic moral teaching

When I leafed through her latest book, The World Turned Upside Down, I thought she was exaggerating. Then two friends put me straight

If you caught the Radio 4 play about Newman, you have all the more reason to read this new booklet

Harold Bloom said he wanted to bin all the remaining copies of his novel. Perhaps that idea could be taken up elsewhere

The 'Scourge of God' has throat cancer. He has my sympathy, and prayers

Some controversies just won't lie down and die. Pius XII and the Holocaust is one of them.

Today’s “woke” culture raises all kinds of social issues – some more deserving of support than others. However, one important social issue it will never raise or endorse is that of mothers who choose to stay at home when their children are young, knowing that this is easily the best way to help them become

I was chatting to my sister the other day on the topic of Brexit and the EU (what else is there to talk about?) and pointed out that East European countries were not always entirely happy with the edicts flowing from Brussels. She riposted indignantly, “Look at Hungary! Their Prime Minister is now bribing women

I have been reading Flight from the Brothers Grimm: A European-Australian memoir by Valerie Murray, published in 1916 by Books Unleashed. Valerie is the widow of the Australian poet, Les Murray, who died in April this year and of whom another Oz poet, Clive James, wrote in tribute – with typical Jamesian stylistic flourish –

Today’s “woke” culture raises all kinds of social issues – some more deserving of support than others. However, one important social issue it will never raise or endorse is that of mothers who choose to stay at home when their children are young, knowing that this is easily the best way to help them become