How to be a conservative

Roger Scruton's How to be a Conservative presents the case for modern conservatism, not as an elegy, but as a practical guide to living as a conservative despite societal pressures to do otherwise.

• As Scruton writes, the book "is not about what we have lost, but about what we have retained, and how to hold on to it."

In this witty and frank account, Scruton draws on his extensive experience as a counter-cultural figure in public life. He examines the truths found in:

• Nationalism
• Socialism
• Capitalism
• Liberalism
• Multiculturalism
• Environmentalism
• Internationalism
• and, finally, Conservatism

The book concludes on a personal note, with "a valediction forbidding mourning but admitting loss."