[...] More than just a conservative intellectual, Sir Roger Scruton was a constant champion of Western civilisation, and of the value of beauty and aesthetics in an increasingly philistine age. In the years to come, we are going to need his like more than ever

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Punk rock philosopher. Liberalist contrarian. Grumpy old bastard. I grew up in a generational-Labor-voting family. I kept the faith long after the political left had abandoned it. In the last decade...