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Columns 23 and 24 formed part of a long-running correspondence beginning with an essay by Chris Joyce, “Meeting in Meaning”, that appeared in Modern Age, and a comment by Richard Stotesbury in Words in Edgeways. The whole, including Dr Joyce’s original essay, is now collected as Leavis and Philosophy read Correspondence about this correspondence read Link to Modern Age Number 1, 7 March 2008 How UKIP can force a Referendum read Number 2, 14 March 2008 A Magazine of Real Art Criticism read Number 3, 21 March 2008 What are Banks For? read Number 4, 28 March 2008 In Memoriam Paul Scofield (and in Comminationem Peter Brook) read Correspondence read Number 5, 4 April 2008 Churchspeak read Correspondence read Number 6, 11 April 2008 Ikons and Images read Correspondence read Number 7, 18 April 2008 A Really Good Book [Mounce on Empiricism] read Number 8, 30 April 2008 The Spectator 1 Revolution with an Acceptable Face read Number 9, 9 May 2008 The Spectator 2 The Colonel’s Lady and Judy O’Grady read “The Great Lives, the Only Treasures” read Number 10, 16 May 2008 The Unique Genius of Dickens read Correspondence read Number 11, 23 May 2008 Farewell Eye read Number 12, 30 May 2008 The Spectator 3 How Sacred is Allan Massie? read Number 13, 6 June 2008 Brief extracts from Mullen’s Word and Phrasebook of Contemporary English read Number 14, 13 June 2008 Public Benefit and Love read Number 15, 20 June 2008 News from Ireland read Number 16, 27 June 2008 “Made for Television” a review of Owen Meany read Correspondence read Number 17, 4 July 2008 English Stressed read Number 18, 11 July 2008 Boy from Bratsilava a poem by Christopher Morgan read Number 19, 18 July 2008 Review of a Review how not to talk about D. H. Lawrence read Number 20, 25 July 2008 Is Dishonesty the Best Policy for the Church of England? read Correspondence read Number 21, 1 August 2008 review of Jackdaw & Other Tales read Number 22, 8 August 2008 A. I. Solzhenitsyn 1918–2008 read Number 25, 29 August 2008 Olympics, Farewell and Hale! read Number 26, 12 September 2008 A Brief Glance at Creation read Number 27, 19 September 2008 The Very Last Night of the Proms read Number 28, 26 September 2008 Barack Obama’s Autobiography read Number 29, 3 October 2008 The Satellite Mind read Number 30, 10 October 2008 A Disagreement with The Jackdaw read Number 31, 17 October 2008 Leavis’s Mis-emphasis in James read Number 32, 24 October 2008 Is Correct Language Politically Incorrect? read Number 33, 31 October 2008 Why does Hareton Earnshaw love Heathcliff? read A Reply by M. B. Mencher read Number 34, 7 November 2008 A Letter from Michael Wallerstein to Charles Moore on the occasion of the latter’s boasting about his ignorance read Correspondence read Number 35, 14 November 2008 Charity as Cliché read Correspondence read Number 36, 21 November 2008 The Science of Things in General in Sartor Resartus read Number 37, 28 November 2008 Cultural Studies read Correspondence read Number 38, 5 December 2008 The Preponderance of George P. Grant read Number 39, 12 December 2008 A Few Poems by Frances Copsey read Number 40, 19 December 2008 A Table Liturgy before Christmas Dinner read Number 41, 28 December 2008 A Thought for Innocents’ Day addressed to orthodox Trinitarian Christians read Number 42, 20 February 2009 Living and Dying by the Media: Jade Goody read Number 43, 1 March 2009 A Letter to the Editors of The Oxford English Dictionary read Number 44, 21 April 2009 A Question about Weddings read Number 45, 04 June 2009 Brief Notes on the Misery read Number 46, 26 June 2009 A Novel by David Lodge read Number 47, 27 August 2009 Engineering Misery read Correspondence read Number 48, 03 September 2009 Lawrence and Leavis read Number 49, 25 October 2009 Peter Mullen’s Reply to a kind invitation from the Pope read Number 50, 5 November 2009 The Conservatives and the EU read Number 51, 29 November 2009 Diana’s Funeral as Defining Moment read Number 52, 6 December 2009 A Little Book of Arsehole English read Number 53, 18 December 2009 A Yuletide Quiz read Number 54, 6 January 2010 The Ravenna Magi an Epiphany poem by Richard Gill read Number 55, 26 February 2010 The Pursuit of Happiness read Number 56, 28 March 2010 Fasting for Lent read Number 57, 2 June 2010 Novel as Criticism: a Review read Number 58, 14 September 2010 Operation Nehemiah read Number 59, 24 September 2010 George Grant read Number 60, 1 October 2010 Suicide is Cool read Number 61, 22 October 2010 A Word for a Gissing Novel read Number 62, 12 November 2010 Historical Ignorance as Politically Disabling read Number 63, 1 December 2010 National Well-Being read Number 64, 3 February 2011 Free Advice from the British Government to Foreign Powers read A Postscript about Libya 8 March 2011 read Correspondence read Number 65, 14 February 2011 Education and Politics (again) read Number 66, 4 March 2011 Binge Borrowing read Number 67, 14 April 2011 Blank Verse the Mantrap upon Chesil Beach read Number 68, 25 April 2011 The Academic on the University read Number 69, 06 May 2011 Theodore Dalrymple read Number 70, 20 May 2011 TV Documentaries read Number 71, 27 May 2011 Stupidity and Western Barbarism read Number 72, 08 July 2011 No New News of the World read Number 73, 1 August 2011 Great Lives read Number 74, 9 September 2011 “Democratic Legitimacy” (1) read Number 75, 15 October 2011 Publishing as Criticism: Michael Black read Number 76, 29 October 2011 Shakespeare comes back to the Globe read Number 77, 23 December 2011 The Prime Minister’s Christian Message read Number 78, 11 January 2012 Mrs T. (of Finchley) read Number 79, 7 February 2012 Fifty Great Years of the Colour Supplement read Number 80, 2 March 2012 Coining read Number 81, 31 March 2012 A Conservative Idea of a Christian Society read Correspondence read Number 82, 5 April 2012 National Dementia part one read Number 83, 27 April 2012 That’s Enough Poetry—Ed. read Number 84, 24 May 2012 The New History read Number 85, 28 June 2012 Duncan, Dreary Davids and the Drama read Number 86, 21 July 2012 Educontraception read Number 87, 28 August 2012 Collini on the University read Number 88, 10 October 2012 A Memorial to George Herbert read Number 89, 2 November 2012 Election Mystery read Number 90, 16 November 2012 Palmerston without Power read Number 91, 5 February 2013 Zeitgeistism read Correspondence read Number 92, 5 April 2013 The Garden Shed a poem by Michael Wallerstein read Number 93, 30 April 2013 Conservatism Self-Contradictory? a review of James Alexander’s recent essay read |
