Go back to the future

A great upheaval is under way. Who will inherit the Earth? Late in life, the 18th-century French liberal thinker Abbé Sieyès was asked what he had done during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.

Without trust, things fall apart. And in these polarised times, there isn’t very much of it around. Trust helps communities flourish, it’s vital for strong relationships and without it, institutions –

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Michael Bentley recalls Maurice Cowling, the Conservative commentator and historian whose books on a variety of topics influenced thought on the right of the party

A reactionary radical’s case against progress

Ellen Halliday, deputy editor: Last year, you wrote of your concerns about the future of protest and civil liberties in the UK and that the picture is worse today than it ever was in the past. What do