Evildoers and Their Art
by Peter HitchensEric Gill and Roman Polanski are both guilty of revolting crimes. But should we be punished by being deprived of the results of their undeniable talent? Continue Reading »
Eric Gill and Roman Polanski are both guilty of revolting crimes. But should we be punished by being deprived of the results of their undeniable talent? Continue Reading »
I hoped that Britain would leave the E.U. as part of a counter-revolution against all the errors of the past fifty years—and that this would involve the destruction of the British “Conservative” Party. Continue Reading »
Britain’s courts are becoming, as America’s already are, unelected tools of politics, losing proportionate credibility as impartial arbiters of justice. Continue Reading »
In Britain, the belief that God created male and female has been declared “incompatible with human dignity.” Continue Reading »
The U.K. Supreme Court is importing American-style political litigation—attempting to use the courts to win victories that are properly won only through political action. Continue Reading »
Parliament can look after itself when faced with a tricky prime minister, and doesn’t need lawyers or courts to do so. Continue Reading »
Can Boris Johnson achieve Brexit? And can he do so without destroying his own party as a political force? Continue Reading »
Growing up in twenty-first-century Britain, I was often struck by a feeling of anomie. Around the time I was born, John Major tried to evoke a vanished past by conjuring “long shadows on county grounds” and “old maids bicycling to Holy Communion through the morning mist.” As for my . . . . Continue Reading »
An enormous political realignment is afoot, sidelining Britain’s cosmopolitan and liberal elite Continue Reading »