Theodore Dalrymple

Theodore Dalrymple

Theodore Dalrymple is an author and retired doctor who has written for many publications round the world, including the Spectator (London), the Wall Street Journal (New York) and The Australian (Sydney). He writes a monthly column in New English Review and is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York. His latest book is Admirable Evasions: How Psychology Undermines Morality, Encounter Books.


All About Me

Waste of Ink

There are no sheep more ovine than those who get themselves tattooed in order to individua...

PC World

The Loud Minority

In the preface to the second edition of Brave New World, Aldous Huxley said that anyone wh...

Lit Crit

A Simpler Life

The only written words of mine that have ever had a practical effect on the world appeared...

Deep Thoughts

Loving Life

For the last few nights, before I go to sleep and when I wake up, I have watched the flies...

Idiocracy

Learned Stupidity

As I write this, Germany is closing down its nuclear power stations, and I am reminded of ...

Deep Thoughts

The Tender Age

What is it to grow old, asked Matthew Arnold as the first line of his poem “Growing Old,...

Bravery Hurts

Exit Strategy

Most people can imagine circumstances in which they would rather die than continue to live...

Contagion

Beneath the Surface

On two successive days, I traveled on the London Underground and the Paris Métro. One con...
The Taj Mahal, Agra

Culture

The New Black Gold

Recently I spent a couple of days in Dubai-on-Thames, formerly known as London. The south ...
Trinity Centre

Obit

The End of an Error

Obituary notices are not usually a source of great fun. If one should not speak ill of the...

Culture

Empty Frames

When I was still practicing as a doctor I believed, always mistakenly, that I had now hear...

Tech Overload

Auto Focus

If I were a Marxist, I might be tempted to say that the obligatory switch to electric cars...

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