Underrated
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The courageous, Somali-born exile has rattled the Western liberal elite through her criticism of Islam, her former faith
Lionel Trilling
America’s greatest critic put moral imagination at the heart of his literary and social criticism
Charles Krauthammer
The liberal-turned-neocon has a knack of creating phrases which best describe the moment
Tim Montgomerie
The Tories should listen to the visionary behind ConservativeHome.com
Mary Midgley
Roger Scruton applauds a philosopher who seeks to make sense of the human condition
Jeremy Black
Britain’s most prolific historian remains generally ignored by the intelligentsia
Leszek Kolakowski
Roger Kimball finds it strange that the author of the most pertinent works on Marxism is so little known
Sarah Palin
Governor Palin may be inexperienced but she owes her huge popularity in Alaska to getting things done
Roger Bacon
Surely the man who can claim to be the world’s first experimental scientist and to have advised the Pope deserves a better reputation
Elie Kedourie
Kenneth Minogue recalls the great Anglo-Iraqi scholar who was both amused and outraged by the folly of intellectuals
