Francis Phillips


    Light of the World

    Francis Phillips | 10 Dec 2010
    Benedict XVI gives revealing answers in a searching interview with a German journalist.


    Spoilt Rotten

    Francis Phillips | 30 Nov 2010
    Theodore Dalrymple applies the scalpel to Britain's toxic cult of sentimentality.


    "Patriotism is not enough"

    Francis Phillips | 11 Nov 2010
    English nurse Edith Cavell lived her profession to the point of heroism in a war-torn Europe.


    The Uses of Pessimism

    Francis Phillips | 12 Oct 2010
    The false hope that big government can solve all problems is the source of many modern ills, says British philosopher Roger Scruton.


    Son of Hamas

    Francis Phillips | 17 Sep 2010
    Autobiography of a Palestinian who discovered that 'love your enemies' is the only way to peace in the Middle East.


    Hugh Trevor-Roper

    Francis Phillips | 2 Aug 2010
    The famous Oxford historian was brilliant but bedeviled by the emotional deprivation of his childhood.


    The World Turned Upside Down

    Francis Phillips | 27 Jul 2010
    In an age of reason, we are behaving increasingly irrationally, contends a leading British journalist


    Hitch-22: a memoir

    Francis Phillips | 16 Jun 2010
    The spleen and sputtering abuse cloaks a kind-hearted and generous soul. 


    Contested Will

    Francis Phillips | 25 May 2010
    Why have so many intelligent people been so dotty about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays? 

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