Maggie's Farm (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Dalrymple discusses "False Apology Syndrome." He views it as "moral exhibitionism." Norm begs to differ , says that social collectivities themselves have moral responsibilities. Is an apology a request for forgiveness? Or is it just good manners? SC&A wonders whether the world needs more hate and less forgiveness and "tolerance." The above are all reactions to essays in the periodical In Character...
Sigmund, Carl and Alfred (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
In Character : There is a fashion these days for apologies: not apologies for the things that one has actually done oneself (that kind of apology is as difficult to make and as unfashionable as ever), but for public apologies by politicians for the crimes and misdemeanours of their ancestors, or at least of their predecessors. I think it is reasonable to call this pattern of political breast-beating...
The Way of the Fathers (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
In the New York Review of Books, William Dalrymple (of just renown) explores The Egyptian Connection — the genetic link between the ancient Christian cultures of Egypt and of the British Isles. One of the earliest known Insular gospel books, the Cuthbert Gospels, is bound and sewn in a specifically Coptic manner, which Michelle Brown believes [...]
Sigmund, Carl and Alfred (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
In Character: There is a fashion these days for apologies: not apologies for the things that one has actually done oneself (that kind of apology is as difficult to make and as unfashionable as ever), but for public apologies by politicians for the crimes and misdemeanours of their ancestors, or at least of their predecessors. I [...]
the Literary Saloon (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the Financial Times William Dalrymple has a look at recent Pakistani fiction, in Moonlight's children.
Fresh Bilge (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday, via Mick Hartley, I encountered an essay by Theodore Dalrymple. It has already stirred controversy. The subject is what I call “non-apology apology.” In the course of his argument, Dalrymple takes issue with everyone from the Pope, who “apologized” for the Crusades, to Bill Clinton, who apologized for slavery. The essay was published by [...]
Anecdotal Evidence (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Theodore Dalrymple (Anthony Daniels), one of the tutelary spirits of Anecdotal Evidence, at last has a web site and blog, The Skeptical Doctor .
biblicalia (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
There is now a blog collecting links to the work of the eminently readable modern essayist extraordinaire Dr Anthony Daniels, The Skeptical Doctor, whose nom de plume, or rather nom du clavier, is Theodore Dalrymple. This site should make for a convenient entry point to the various publications in which his essays appear, at [...]
RWDB – J.F. Beck (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Brilliance from Theodore Dalrymple.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925. Thirteen years later he won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay ("Pygmalion," based upon his stage play), sharing the award with Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis and W.P. Lipscomb. "Pygmalion" was also nominated for best picture, actor (Leslie Howard as Professor Henry Higgins) and actress (Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle),...
The Ugley Vicar (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
I rather (predictably) like this new article by the acerbic Theodore Dalrymple, and post a sample and link here. I am rather reminded of this complaint in ancient Israel, 'The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign...
Miss Kelly (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Theodore Dalrymple wrote about a subject that is near and dear to my heart: the tendency of modern folks to fall over themselves apologizing for something that somebody else did ages ago. And Dalrymple calls it "The False Apology Syndrome." Excerpts from the recent issue of In Character, on forgiveness:"There...
Follow Me Here... (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Theodore Dalrymple : "There is a fashion these days for apologies: not apologies for the things that one has actually done oneself (that kind of apology is as difficult to make and as unfashionable as ever), but for public apologies by politicians for the crimes and misdemeanours of their ancestors, or at least of their predecessors. I think it is reasonable to call this pattern of political...
Shrine of the Holy Whapping (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
The Ruthwell Cross described below . From William Dalrymple (author of the most humorous and possibly only sequel to St. John Moschos's The Spiritual Meadow ), writing in The New York Review of Books : High on the front face of the cross is an image of Christ. But he is not shown as the Suffering Servant so much as the Hero—tall, well-formed, and toga-clad, receiving submission. To make this...
Ghost of a flea (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Theodore Dalrymple considers False Apology Syndrome (hat tip to Agent Bedhead). My favourite example of...
