"Offensive Jokes" BBC Radio 4 A Point of View
We must feel free to express opinions and to make jokes that others may find offensive; censoring them them only leads to a loss of reasoned argument.
Articles
The Catholic World Report Interview
'Catching Up with Roger Scruton: The Philosopher as Composer and Novelist' The Catholic World Report. Christopher S. Morrissey (Oct 29)
CWR: Your new book is a fresh update on politics that begins with an amusing title: Fools, Frauds, and Firebrands. What has stayed the same about the Left since you first published Thinkers of the New Left in 1985? What has changed?
A Point of View: Why we should defend the right to be offensive
"Why we should defend the right to be offensive" BBC Radio 4 A Point of View (23 Oct)
Free speech can make for uncomfortable listening, argues Roger Scruton, but it needs to be defended even when it gives offence.
In Defence of Free Speech
"In Defence of Free Speech" BBC Radio 4 - A Point of View
The Heritage Foundation Russell Kirk Lecture
'Discussing the future of european civilization: Lessons for America' The Heritage Foundation (October 2015)
'Funnily enough, my father looked very like Jeremy Corbyn’ The Guardian (October 2015)
The Observer's Tim Adams came to visit Roger at home in Wiltshire at the end of September, the result can be read in full on The Guardians website.
My Tribal Religion
'My Tribal Religion' The Catholic Herald (October 2015)
'He’s not the Messiah, he’s the high priest of impenetrable nonsense' The Sunday Times ( October 2015)
In the height of the Labour party conference, The Sunday Times News Review on Sunday 4th October featured Roger's latest essay - He’s not the Messiah, he’s the high priest of impenetrable nonsense.
Populism on BBC Radio 3
Last week many of you may have heard Roger on the BBC Radio 3 programme Free Thinking.
The Corbynist Manifestio' Spectator Life (Autumn 2015)
For Jeremy Corbyn and his followers, it is as if the Berlin Wall never fell. For a while following the collapse of communism in Europe, it looked as though there might be an apology forthcoming from those who had devoted their intellectual and political efforts to whitewashing the Soviet Union or praising the ‘people’s republics’ of China and Vietnam.