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Science & Maths
Theodore Dalrymple believes that almost everything people know about opiate addiction is wrong. Most flawed of all is the notion that addicts are in touch with profound mysteries of which non-addicts are ignorant. Dalrymple... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Western Europe is in a strangely neurotic condition of being smug and terrified at the same time. On the one hand, Europeans believe they have at last created an ideal social and political system in which man can live... See More
Science & Maths
The New England Journal of Medicine is one of the most important general medical journals in the world. Doctors rely on the conclusions it publishes, and most do not have the time to look beyond abstracts to examine... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
In Admirable Evasions, Theodore Dalrymple explains why human self-understanding has not been bettered by the false promises of the different schools of psychological thought. Most psychological explanations of human behavior... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Today, the word prejudice has come to seem synonymous with bigotry; therefore the only way a person can establish freedom from bigotry is by claiming to have wiped his mind free from prejudice. English psychiatrist and... See More
Not since Christopher Hitchens assault on Mother Theresa have so many sacred cows been slaughtered in such a short volume.' Spectator 'One of our most celebrated essayists.' Toby Young, Mail on Sunday '[A] cultural... See More
Satire
In this, Theodore Dalrymple's second collection of short stories, he begins to let his imagination run. The absurdity of modern life is fully laid bare when taken to extremes. You will laugh through your tears. *** Satire... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
More than half a century ago, George Orwell wrote an essay about the decline of the English murder. Since the 1990s, Theodore Dalrymple has witnessed its modern variety in real life. For over a quarter of a century he has... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
'What a book.' Clive Aslet, Country Life 'Characteristically brilliant.' Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times 'A little oasis of sanity.' Daily Mail. Driving the four hundred miles from Glasgow to London, Theodore Dalrymple found... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
What is written without pain, said Doctor Johnson, is rarely read with pleasure. Rarely perhaps, but not, I hope, never: for the little essays in this book were written, I must confess, without much angst. In part this was... See More
History & Criticism
The cultural death of God has created a conundrum for intellectuals. How could a life stripped of ultimate meaning be anything but absurd? How was man to live? How could he find direction in a world of no direction? What... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Travelling to the hard-living Dylan Thomas's Boathouse in Laugharne, Wales, psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple considered along the way another foible - the folly of eminent people. Praised for their attainments in one area... See More
History & Criticism
'DALRYMPLE IS A MODERN MASTER' Stephen Poole, The Guardian 'I PROMISE YOU'LL ENJOY HIS BOOKS' Daniel Hannan, Daily Telegraph. In this incisive and beautifully-written collection of essays Theodore Dalrymple writes about... See More
Science & Maths
No-one has travelled further into the dark and fascinating heart of Britain's underclass than the brilliant Theodore Dalrymple. A hospital consultant and prison doctor in the inner city, he is also a writer of world renown... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
A beautifully-written and thought-provoking collection of essays on social, political and literary issues as diverse as the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand controversy, violent crime on Britain's streets, the effects of the... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
On the street, which was ankle-deep in discarded fast-food wrappings, I saw a woman who had pulled down her slacks and tied a pair of plastic breasts to her bare buttocks, while a man crawled after her on the sidewalk... See More
Travel & Tourism
As Charles Taylor begins a 50-year sentence for his role in the brutal civil war in Liberia, Theodore Dalrymple's memoir of a visit to the country, and its capital Monrovia, makes fascinating reading. Founded in 1822 as a... See More
What is life like in a totalitarian regime? It is a question which has always fascinated Theodore Dalrymple - whose father was a strict if slightly inconsistent Communist. The Wilder Shores of Marx sees the acclaimed writer... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Western Europe -- "Old Europe," as Donald Rumsfeld likes to call it -- seems to have seen better days. After years of high unemployment, slow economic growth, and a summer of riots in the suburbs of Paris and beyond, perhaps... See More
Biography & True Accounts
Deep in the beak winter of 1846, Jersey is a very different place from today. It is home to tens of thousands of rough-and-ready sailors, who spend their time drinking, chasing loose women and gambling through the teeming... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Britain and the West are mired in a culture of untruth, wilful blindness and ideologically-motivated deceit, argues Theodore Dalrymple in this collection of brilliant and beautifully-written essays. This has had a variety of... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
When I was a young man I thought that metaphysics was the most exciting (and important) thing in the world. I wish now that I had not wasted so much time on the imponderable questions of metaphysics but had used it to more... See More
EVERY DAY, OUR NEWSPAPERS bring news of staggering medical breakthroughs which promise treatments for this, cures for that, and, occasionally, help with the other. Readers are first terrified with the news that eating X... See More
Health & Fitness
The unexamined life is not worth living, said Socrates. But one can take things too far. 'Why are you wearing that face mask?' asked one of the security guards. 'Germs, of course,' I said. 'Ubiquitous - they're... See More
Short Stories
Theodore Dalrymple, almost singlehandedly, revived the languishing Essay and in so doing became Britain's answer to Montaigne. In this, his first foray into the Short Story form, he proves himself a rival of Anton Chekhov... See More
Biography & True Accounts
The first duty of any government is to preserve the public peace and protect the law-abiding citizen. As the guardian of the public purse, and for the sake of the taxpayer, it should do so as cheaply as possible; and if its... See More
Biography & True Accounts
Theodore Dalrymple practises in 'a very remote corner' - 'somewhat lacking in sophisticated medical facilities (other than myself, of course).' "One day a man came to consult me. He was extremely large - what failed... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
New English Review Press once again takes on the great ideas of our time in this sequel to The Terror of Existence by Theodore Dalrymple and Kenneth Francis. This volume adds another interesting mind to the mix: the... See More
Home & Garden
Ramses was the best dog in the world, the cleverest, friendliest, most expressive, understanding, amusing dog that ever was, and it was only a happy coincidence that he happened to be ours. See More