Peter Hitchens

Until surprisingly recently, most left-wing and liberal people were hesitant and equivocal about acknowledging the wickedness of the Soviet regime. The mere collapse of the Soviet Empire did not immediately change their minds. ­Robert Conquest, who told the truth about Stalin’s Great Terror in . . . . Continue Reading »

The feeling of peace and irresponsibility that spreads through me as the train heaves itself out of the station is a special joy. Continue Reading »

All over Britain, statues of forgotten politicians, merchants, generals, and admirals are being investigated. Continue Reading »

For the past few weeks I have been confined by state-sponsored panic to my hometown, for day after brilliantly sunny day. Continue Reading »

The state seems somehow to have turned the jury—often swayed by emotion—into its own weapon. Continue Reading »

In the midst of a Haydn concert in London in June 1794, the young Clemens von Metternich spotted his one-time teacher, Andreas Hofmann, in the audience. Rather than renewing old acquaintance, the future Prince of Diplomats immediately denounced Hofmann to the authorities as a dangerous subversive. . . . . Continue Reading »

My beloved city, Oxford, is closed and silent, like a large, well-ordered cemetery. Continue Reading »

I achieved herd immunity many years ago. 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 »