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David Starkey is Right That Blair Destroyed the British Constitution But Wrong About This
David Starkey is right that Tony Blair and New Labour destroyed the British Constitution and did lasting harm to the country, says Prof James Alexander. But here are some things he gets wrong.
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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 Martin Neil's Fighting Goliath, saying what he thinks they get right and wrong.
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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 illustrates what we mean when we say we are part of one Western civilisation, says Nicholas Tate.
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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 in the Times is anything to go by, says Steven Tucker. Time to rediscover Ireland's real literature.
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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 by Right-wing politicians they object to.
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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 scepticism and other key philosophical developments came from one remarkable ancient people.
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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 Watson reviews Fighting Goliath, the new book from Professors Norman Fenton and Martin Neil.
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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 faithful and as poignant as ever." Jack Watson enthuses about Animal Farm at Hull New Truck Theatre.
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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 laments how black Britons are held back by a race relations industry that would make them permanent victims.
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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 the National Theatre. "Bevan, an early ally of Oswald Mosley, really could’ve ended up in either camp."
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