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Issue 33

Winter 2024

The issue begins with an editorial statement entitled “A Place to Reflect on our Civilization,” in which we discuss the promise of contemporary conservatism and the ways that The European Conservative is poised to help guide this disparate movement.

Interview

Archives

ESSAYS

Essay

Keeping Christmas All the Year

Becoming Christmas is living in the knowledge, as St. John writes, that “as he is, so also are we in this world.”

Essay

Blessed Karl, a Light for Our Times

Blessed Karl was permeated with piety and imbued with that virtue.

Essay

American First in Budapest

Budapest is light and it is magic, but it is not my home.

Essay

The British Commonwealth’s Last Swashbuckler

We are here to make a film on the European legacy in this wilderness of South Africa. What we got was more than that—an adventure.

Essay

Civilisational Decline and Its Discontents

It becomes difficult to distinguish civilisation from savagery when elements of both lie intermingled in our midst.

Essay

Femina Simulacra

Why does the pretence that ‘transwomen are women’ continue?

Essay

Extraordinary Voyager: Jules Verne Endures

Verne's success in the English-speaking world is remarkable considering the vagaries his work suffered after his death.

Essay

The Queen and I

It’s no wonder that those still loyal to the House of Pahlavi call her mādar Eran—Mother of Iran.

REVIEWS

REVIEW

Art Beyond Progressivism: A Review of “The Exhibition”

This group of artists rejects postmodernism. But what values do they affirm?

REVIEW

Art in a Free Society: Anna Netrebko Triumphs in La Scala’s Season-Opening La Forza del Destino

To say Netrebko is a star is a marked understatement.

REVIEW

Midwinter Warmth

Chilcott’s Christmas Oratorio seems old and yet new, traditional and yet contemporary.

REVIEW

“Opt for the Great Happiness”: A Timely Blueprint for Family Revival

Eduard Habsburg contends that the family is the place where love, life, and faith are lived out in their fullest forms.

REVIEW

A Christian Call to Re-Enchant the World

Rod Dreher's Living in Wonder outlines an escape from the paradigm of modernity that has painted the whole world grey.

REVIEW

A Spaniard’s Paean to Trajan, Romania, and Latin Civilization

“The Mystery of Romania: By its history faithful to Rome, by religion faithful to Byzantium; by its language tied to the West and by its customs to the East.”

REVIEW

Why Modernism Failed

As long as there is a viewing public that can witness beauty, there will be a desire for tradition.

REVIEW

New Right, New Fights

Up From Conservatism gives scorching diagnostics of a stale conservatism—and offers some radical prescriptions.

INTERVIEWS

Interview

“If we want secure borders in Europe, we need stable countries outside Europe.” An Interview with Ferenc Almássy

If we help Christians to stay in their countries, we are helping peace and prosperity. This stability is also good for Europe: if countries are more stable and secure, fewer people will want to emigrate.

Interview• Media

Reality Check | Ep. 20 | Creative Minorities: The Future of Conservatives in France

In this episode, Jan interviews Guillaume de Thieulloy, a prominent French conservative thinker and publisher, to delve into the pressing issues facing France today.

Interview

“The culture war is no sideshow; it is a fight for Western civilisation”: An Interview with Eric Kaufmann

Woke is one of the most important developments of our age. It is upending culture and institutions, and remaking politics.

Interview

If Javier Milei is successful, the world will talk about the Argentinean miracle”: An Interview with Marcelo Duclos

When madness is law, common sense is a revolution.

Interview

“Man is not a replaceable and interchangeable consumer product”: An Interview with Renaud Camus

A wide-ranging discussion about migration, politics, the media, and being silenced with the author of The Great Replacement.

Interview

“Hungary is a model to replicate for conservatives worldwide”: An Interview with Bryan Leib

"The current U.S. Ambassador to Hungary has been an activist, not a diplomat. He should start packing his bags.”

Interview

“Europe will fall. But there will be pockets of resistance”: An Interview with Robert Spencer

If the Palestinians are allowed to set the agenda, there is a chance that Israel will be destroyed in the future. The truth must not be left unsaid.

Interview

“Making blacklists is not freedom of expression, it is a targeting that can lead to violence”: An Interview with Francesco Giubilei

We denounced the Italian Communist Party, and two weeks later I was targeted by them.

COMMENTARY

The Virtue That Enables All Others: A Conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“Western civilization is the greatest civilization that ever was, and we need the courage to say that and the courage to try and restore it.”

COMMENTARY

Expanding Our Reach

As we prepare to start 2025, we are expanding this project by creating specialized divisions for our print and online products.

COMMENTARY

The Enterprise State

The conservative reluctance to wield state power must be ditched entirely if we are to save our nations.

COMMENTARY

Trump and the Elite Replacement Paradox

Trump seeks to create a new intellectual, moral, and business elite to lead a strong United States.

TRIBUTES

Tribute

Alain Delon, the Last Leopard

Alain Delon was a real man, the likes of whom we are incapable of producing today, and that's what makes France's tears so bitter.

Tribute

The Last of the Greatest Generation: Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson (1922-2024)

With Anderson’s passing, a great American war hero and triple ace pilot has left us.

Tribute

A Life Less Ordinary: John Bellingham (1929-2023)

With the death of John Bellingham, conservatism has lost one of its greatest sons.

Tribute

The Last Prince: Death and Hope in Il Gattopardo

This year, on May 10th, we lost a gentleman. He was not only a brilliant musicologist and Italian cultural figure, but also the most gifted ambassador of his adoptive father’s work.

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