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April 10, 2020
A Review of a new Biography of the Great 19th-century Diplomat, Clemens von Metternich
Some readers may be interested in this review in 'First Things'
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/05/prince-of-diplomats
Some important, inspiring or useful links for today, Good Friday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4ZySPfYdFw&feature=youtu.be
This is a poignant and heartbreaking rendering of the ancient Good Friday Hymn 'Stabat Mater Dolorosa', which describes the sword of grief piercing the heart of the Virgin Mary as she watches the death of her Son at the hands of a mob and of a cowardly state, and the apparent utter defeat of truth and goodness in the world.
It was sent to me on the evening of Maundy Thursday by a Polish sympathiser and I listened to it...
April 9, 2020
April 6, 2020
Hunt over. Snark Found. I locate evidence that sex education was invented to demoralise children.
This has absolutely nothing to do with the coronavirus. But I find it fascinating and it is the culmination of a long search, much like the Hunting of the Snark, which I thought would never end. I am much indebted to Joe Audritt, who found out the information and kindly wrote to me.
A long time ago I heard that the Hungarian Communist intellectual, Georg Lukacs had introduced sex education to the schools of Budapest with the stated aim of demoralising the pupils. I traced this story to the...
An Interview on Talk Radio with Mike Graham - is Crashing the Economy the 'Better Safe Than Sorry' Option? Or gravely dangerous?
Much credit to Mike Graham at Talk Radio who (so far unlike any BBC programme) for inviting me to discuss the Covid-19 crisis and the British government's decision to treat it by crashing the economy and throttling personal liberty.
April 4, 2020
PETER HITCHENS:��The deep velvet quiet of our cities is as terrifying as a fire bell in the night
This is Peter Hitchens's Mail on Sunday column.
The sound of silence now spreads across the country as the economy dies. As I walk through my home town, I see even the few brave small shops closing earlier and earlier as the customers vanish.
I ask them how business is ��� carefully keeping the prescribed distance ��� and they give me strained smiles as they confess that it has all but disappeared. I genuinely do not know how much longer they will bother. And once those familiar...
April 2, 2020
An interview with Brendan O'Neill Of Spikedonline
https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/in-this-lockdown-dissent-is-a-moral-duty/
Some readers may like to listen to this . Others not
An Interview with UnHerd on the Corona Crisis
Some readers may wish to watch this interview, given today to the website UnHerd.
https://unherd.com/thepost/live-at-4pm-peter-hitchens-on-lockdown-tv/
April 1, 2020
An article for 'First Things' on enduring a national humiliation.
Some readers may be interested in this article I wrote for 'First Things' about the coronavirus crisis:
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/04/we-love-big-brother
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