Richard Hopton
Richard Hopton is an author, historian and journalist. His latest novel, The Straits of Treachery, is published by Allison & Busby. He tweets at @richard_hopton
Beyond the boundary
Can art reflect a nation’s spirit through its depictions of one of its favourite games?
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
Heroism and high strategy
The story of how British commandos did the impossible
Eroticism contra porn
Sex scenes should be salvaged from hardcore pornography
In defence of hereditary peers
We should preserve Britain’s magical eccentricity
The publisher and the police
The case of Ernest Moret has drawn attention to a sinister abuse of power
Just show me the money
A body that collects authors’ revenues is going off-book and asking about their gender
The love that can’t be erased
A recent court case exposed the surrogacy industry’s big lie
The Gradel Quadrangles at New College, Oxford
Postmodernity perches precariously in the porter’s lodge
A neglected radical
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was an artistic and social pioneer
A misguided election briefing
The Church must recognise there are Christians on both the left and right of politics
Have hope, have kids
How parenthood can steel us against stress and despair