Today, 3rd August, is the anniversary of the death of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in 2008 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature almost 50 years ago, in October 1970. While few people could tell you who the latest laureate is, Solzhenitsyn’s elevation dominated the news globally in 1970. It was a major embarrassment to the […]
A little known but brilliant book by Alison Macleod, who worked for the British Communist Daily Worker in the 1940s and 1950s
Whittaker Chambers was one of the great hate figures of the American liberal left.
Today, 27th February, is the birth date of Roger Scruton in 1944
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Albert Camus in 1913 Albert Camus, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957, was an early left critic of Marxist totalitarianism. He had been a member of the Communist Party of France and the Communist Party of Algeria in the1930s but rejected both the philosophy […]
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Doris Lessing in 1919
Today is the anniversary of the death of Liam O’Flaherty in 1984 Liam O’Flaherty is occasionally cited by Irish socialists as one of their own. His early membership of the Communist Party of Ireland, (he was editor of its newspaper Workers’ Republic for a time), and participation in the comic opera occupation of the Rotunda […]
Today is the anniversary of Hamish Fraser’s Birth in 1913
Today is the anniversary of the death of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in 2008 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature almost 50 years ago, in October 1970. While few people could tell you who the latest laureate is, Solzhenitsyn’s elevation dominated the news globally in 1970. It was a major embarrassment to the Brezhnev regime […]
Whittaker Chambers was one of the great hate figures of the American liberal left.
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Fay Stender in 1932 There is a little known but brilliant book, The Death of Uncle Joe, by Alison Macleod who worked for the British Communist Daily Worker in the 1940s and 1950s until eventually seeing sense and leaving. The book is well worth reading for its […]
Today is the anniversary of death of Roger Scruton in 2020 There is a very interesting discussion between Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution and Roger Scruton on You Tube. In these times of Manichean witch hunts against anyone who does not sign up to a narrow left liberal agenda, it provides a breath of […]