Reviews
Fighting Goliath: What Norman Fenton and Martin Neil Get Right – and Wrong
Dr Andrew Bamji, a retired Consultant Rheumatologist and former President of the British Society for Rheumatology, reviews Norman Fenton and...
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How a 1,500th Anniversary Shows the Deep Roots of Western Civilisation
Today is the 1,500th anniversary of the death of the Roman writer Boethius, whose great work The Consolation of Philosophy...
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Why I’ve Never Read a Sally Rooney Novel and I’m Not Going to Start Now
Even Sally Rooney's usual army of fans are tiring of her hyper-right-on schtick, if the review of her latest novel...
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Regime Philosophers on the Lies They Like and the Lies They Don’t
Politics professor James Alexander reviews two recent philosophical attacks on political lying and finds, funnily enough, that it's only lies...
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The Scythian Origins of Scepticism
Prof James Alexander reviews Christopher Beckwith's The Scythian Empire, naming it his book of the year for its thesis that...
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Fighting Goliath: A Review of Norman Fenton and Martin Neil’s New Book
"Of all the books on the COVID-19 years, this one really has the COVID-19 narrative on the ropes." Dr Roger...
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“Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others”: Review of Animal Farm at Hull New Truck Theatre
"These days, you expect something like this to be foisting woke gobbledegook on the audience. But no, this adaptation is...
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Tony Sewell Continues to Bust the Myths of ‘Racist Britain’: A Review of Black Success – The Surprising Truth
Dr. Tony Sewell continues to bust the myths of 'racist Britain' in his important new book Black Success, as he...
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The NHS Was a Creation of Aneurin Bevan’s Demagoguery: A Review of Nye
NHS founder Aneurin Bevan was a demagogue typical of the period, says J. Sorel in his review of Nye at...
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A Tired Fictional Genre Makes a Last Gasp Argument For ‘Grown Up’ Managerialism
The new Olivia Coleman film Wicked Little Letters pushes the tired genre of cosy English fiction, in which the loony...
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