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.

I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.

Today, nostalgia is almost as unacceptable as racism.

Works of art cannot save us. They can simply render us more sensitive to what needs to be repaired.

Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of... revolutionary avant-gardism.

We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and ironic self-doubt; culture means a form of life that is customary, collective, passionate, spontaneous, unreflective and arational.

It is true that too much belief can be bad for your health.