Irish Fiction Is Full Of Secrets, Guilty

There Is An Insuperable Problem About Introducing Immigrants To British Values. There Are No British Values. Nor Are There Any Serbian Or Peruvian Values. No Nation Has A Monopoly On Fairness And Decency, Justice And Humanity.

Like All The Best Radical Positions, Then, Mine Is A Thoroughly Traditionalist One.

For The Liberal State To Accommodate A Diversity Of Beliefs While Having Few Positive Convictions Is One Of The More Admirable Achievements Of Civilization.

The Conversion Of Agnostic High Tories To The Anglican Church Is Always Rather Suspect. It Seems Too Pat And Predictable, Too Clearly A Matter Of Politics Rather Than Faith.

In The End, It Is Because The Media Are Driven By The Power And Wealth Of Private Individuals That They Turn Private Lives Into Public Spectacles. If Every Private Life Is Now Potentially Public Property, It Is Because Private Property Has Undermined Public Responsibility.