10 Feb, 2026
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Travel Log: Medieval Spain, a lesson in all beauty

WILLIAM SPINNENWEBER FINE ARTS COLUMNIST Sir Roger Scruton’s recent and untimely death inspired my new philosophical hunt into matters of aesthetics and beauty. After all, real beauty is a fine art unto itself. Scruton said once, “Beauty has fallen into disrepute … There has been a huge cultural shift, an almost deliberate attempt to expel beauty from the place in […]