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David Butterfield
Fighting back against the fake Age of Unreason
Keyboard warriors taking offence on behalf of others led not only to Sir Roger Scruton’s sacking but to Jordan Peterson’s exile from Cambridge
David Butterfield
Features
How the Ancients can help the Moderns
Against all the odds, the study of Classics is increasing in popularity — and for very good reasons
David Butterfield
Critique
Britain’s obsession with Latin verse still lingers
‘Like a strict dress code, or refined form of dance, the myriad rules of ancient versification prove to be liberating’
David Butterfield
Open Season
Rural bliss
Although nature is not built for man, the pleasures it affords are instinctive and infinite. The beauty of the natural world transcends that of any urban space
David Butterfield
Counterpoints
Rediscovering a Roman Thought
Lucretius’s poem
On the Nature of Things
was written in 50 BC, yet remains as startling as ever
David Butterfield
Cosmos
Bouncing Back
Squash is a diverse sport with global appeal, but hopes for its inclusion in the next Olympics have been dashed
David Butterfield
Counterpoints
Rediscovering The Point Of Language
Seventy years after Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”, plain speaking now means avoiding not only jargon but pointless brevity
David Butterfield
Features
Bibliophiles Beware: Online Prices Are A Lottery
The internet bookselling market appears to be based on nothing more than whim
David Butterfield
Features
Literature
Modern Life
Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
Underrated
The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
Food
A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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