Robert O'Brien
Jean-Paul Sartre: the supernova of the far Left
On the 50th anniversary of the protests of May 1968 in Paris, it is time to reassess the ageing Marxist intellectual whom the students idolised
Opposites meet in the land of Scrugletopia
The debate between Sir Roger Scruton and Terry Eagleton enhances our national discourse
Leaving Out Leavis
The critic F.R. Leavis deserves better
The Battle Against The Philistines Never Ceases
We need cultural critics who will still stand up for the best that has been thought and said in the world
Time To Revisit The Two Cultures
The divide between the arts and sciences will never be fully resolved. But the gap may be narrowing
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts