Liz Truss, Michel Foucault, and Leo Tolstoy

by | Dec 18, 2020

I never imagined Liz Truss would make me think of Tolstoy, but it’s been that kind of year. I never imagined Liz Truss would make me think of Tolstoy, but it’s been that kind of year. In a widely reported speech the Women and Equalities Minister criticised the...

Companionship in a time of change

by | Dec 16, 2020

There were two shelves of Everyman Library classics in my childhood home. These had largely been acquired second hand and I remember them as being in varying conditions of well-thumbed tattiness. There were two shelves of Everyman Library classics in my childhood...

Scotland: the threat of a good example?

by | Nov 19, 2020

In recent days devolution has once again become a contentious issue, as  Brexiteer politicians in London, without any apparent sense of irony, proclaimed the benefits of being part of a politi In recent days devolution has once again become a contentious issue,...