The Rt Hon John Hayes

The Rt Hon John Hayes was the United Kingdom’s Transport Minister from July 2016 to January 2018. His full address can be found at www.gov.uk/government/speeches/transport-minister-speaks-at-the-backing-beauty-reception. “The Journey to Beauty” can be found at www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-journey-to-beauty.

Articles by The Rt Hon John Hayes

Backing Beauty

Truth is an absolute. And beauty the means by which it is revealed to us in its most comprehensible form. In John Keats’ words: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty—that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” Through our connection with beauty, we enjoy a taste of the sublime and both an escape from and a compensation for the inevitable pains and trials of daily life.