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June 2025

Keeping the Flame Alive
Doctor Shobley's Speech to the Roger Scruton Inheritance Foundation
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Consider the Lilies
"I felt a profound sense of ennui towards it all. That is to say: I was bored, but in a way which is only strictly possible when one is on the…
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On not being privately educated
Further studies on the vulgar middle class
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Students of Literature are Illiterate Cretins
There is a lot of fuss being made about the fact that only 12% of Literature students have the requisite reading level to understand the classics.
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On Visiting my Grandmother After She Fell Down the Stairs
Diary, Monday 9th June 2025
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On Pigeon Eating
Diary, Friday 6th June 2025
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On Harold Bloom
Diary, Thursday 5th June 2025
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On the Spanish Blackout
Diary, Wednesday 4th June 2025
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