Books
An island of saints and scholars seized by technocrats and wonks
A searing memoir offers an astonishing vision of national renewal, says Michael Duggan
Why was Britain’s elite willing to swallow Hitler’s lies?
It took far too long to grasp his unique evil, says Thelma Lovell
Kociejowski’s poems are an antidote to the dumbing down of modern life
Ian Thomson praises the hushed intensity of Marius Kociejowski’s poems
Is Protestantism the gateway to secularism?
Jonathan Wright on the unintended consequences of the Reformation
Poetry and science are both rooted in imagination
Quentin de la Bédoyère on reconciling science and art
Look closely and you can find the saints in Shakespeare
Catholic martyrs may have been behind some of the Bard’s best lines, says Joseph Pearce
From American Psycho to Charlie Hebdo
Ian Thomson welcomes Bret Easton Ellis’s waspish critique of ‘Generation Wuss’
A medieval cure for modern man’s unease
A French philosopher makes a bold case for traditional wisdom, says Edward Feser
