The essential feature of ethics — that is to say, respect for the right of the individual to have what he wants and to decide for himself wh...

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) The philosopher Herbert Spencer, commenting in 1851 on the possible effects of welfare, a century before the ...

Zoroastrianism, which takes its name from the prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathustra), is one of the world’s oldest surviving religions, and was ...

Maurice Bucke was a Canadian psychiatrist and a contemporary of the American psychologist William James. In 1901, Bucke published a book abo...

W.E. Henley’s poem Invictus was written in 1875. Originally the poem was published untitled; the name ‘Invictus’ was added by anthologist A...

Vladimir Horowitz (1903 - 1989) Pianist Vladimir Horowitz in a 1977 interview : When I’m on the stage I’m one person, when I’m out of t...

In the views of exponents of how society came to be constituted as it is (or was at the time, or should be) we note fairly constantly a will...

Colin Wilson’s book The Outsider , published in 1956, has been described as ‘the classic study of alienation, creativity and the modern mind...

The following extract is from: Peter Saunders, Social Mobility Myths , Civitas 2010, pp.56-58. (The full publication is available for downlo...

Extract from a 2013 article by Ed West on the Spectator ’s website: I’m starting to get the impression that the Guardian isn’t very keen o...