Spectator Blogs - Ed Husain

I am not a right-winger. I am ashamed to say that I discovered Sir Roger Scruton only four years ago when an argument in a Washington DC think-tank led to a search for contemporary philosophers who took a long view of civilisation, history, ideas, and implications of philosophy.

James Delingpole for Breitbart on 25th April. 

Conservative philosopher Sir Roger Scruton has won a spectacular victory against the New Statesman – the left-wing magazine which interviewed him and then tried to smear him as a racist, bigot and anti-Semite.

Read the full article here BREITBART.

I was fired for things I didn't say and don't believe, says Sir Roger Scruton as he warns of an 'atmosphere of intimidation' growing in Britain

Two weeks ago I was sacked from my unpaid position as chair of a government commission devoted to beauty in building. Given the atmosphere of intimidation that is growing in our country, I have to say that my sacking was no surprise. It is unusual, to say the least, for a believing conservative to be appointed to a position of responsibility by a Tory government. The main aim of the Tories in office is to get through to the next election without being noticed.

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Scruton Tapes and Audio clips are now available on YouTube:

The text publsihed by George Eaton can be found here 

Scruton Tapes: an anatomy of a modern hit job by Douglas Murray in this week's Spectator can be found here 

Full transcript as published by the New Statesman on Friday evening (26/4) can be found here

Full podcast of Today programme https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p077jtxs

interview: "I want my name cleared". 

Roger appeared on BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning (26/4/19) to discuss the interview he gave George Eaton of the New Statesman. The recording can be heard on Roger's YouTube channel.

Roger Scruton: Should I forgive the journalist that got me fired?

Sunday, 7th April 2019. Travelling back from London with the St Matthew Passion filling my head, after the moving performance from the Elysian Singers and Royal Orchestral Society under Sam Laughton at St James’s Piccadilly. Why does that last chord send shivers down the spine?

pdf of the Diary: SpectatorDiary.pdf

Le Figaro 17/04/2019

Sometimes I stay on the Isle de la cité, in an apartment borrowed from a friend. From the kitchen window I look out across rooftops to the solemn towers of Notre Dame, and for long moments in the evening I am transfixed by the great shoulders that blacken the sky.

The Telegraph 20 April 2019