Features
Trial by Jury
I should have known that expressing the slightest doubt about trial by jury would lead to public opprobrium
The 21st century Bolshevik
Brexit showed the ruling elite is still terrified by Trotsky’s ideas of working class upheaval
Power plays
The Western powers should beware making belligerent threats they cannot back up
No prefix required: how gay writers came of age
Douglas Murray refuses to mourn the death of the gay novel — a genre that was once ghettoised has joined the mainstream
Are empires always evil?
Daniel Johnson says Spanish imperialism left a legacy defying simplistic analysis
More freedom, less information
The Freedom of Information Act was supposed to guarantee honesty and transparency in government, but has ensured that controversial decisions will be forever shrouded in secrecy
Conversion course
Michael Coren was a conservative Catholic who was forced to reevaluate everything he publicly stood for
Battle of the bells and the boutique hotel
Charles Saumarez Smith on the campaign to save the historic London foundry that produced both Big Ben and the Liberty Bell
J.K. — Saviour of the Union?
Articulate with cross-generational appeal: Graham Stewart wonders if this non-politician could take on the Scots Nats
Democracy muzzled
Peter Hitchens says Covid masks are a potent symbol of the West’s headlong flight from Enlightenment values