Alexander McCall Smith

Rob Johnson

Richard Miles

Peter Frankopan

Matthew Goodwin

Brendan Simms

Janne Haaland Matláry

Jessica Frazier

Alexander Lee

Sergey Radchenko

Kori Schake

John Bew

Fraser Nelson

Christopher Coker

Jeremy Jennings

Juliet Samuel

Charly Salonius-Pasternak

Katja Hoyer

Alina Polyakova

Francis J. Gavin

Agnès C. Poirier

Richard Chartres

Kemi Badenoch

Roel Sterckx

Marie Daouda

Iulia Osmolovska

Mary E. Sarotte

Mark J. Schiefsky

Merryn Somerset Webb

Adrian Bradshaw

How has the idea of liberty developed and evolved over the centuries?
What does freedom mean for us today and what do we need to do in order to
preserve the freedoms for which generations of men and women fought and
even gave their lives?

Liberty is indispensable to flourishing societies the world over. Its story
contains multitudes – humanity’s eternal struggle with fate, our ancestors’
long quest to establish freedom of thought and freedom of religion, the rise of
democratic liberties in society at large and the modern fight against authoritarian
politics and tyrants everywhere.

In this anthology of essays, leading academics, writers and historians
explore what liberty has meant through the ages. They reflect on this great
drama of freedom at work and why we so readily suffer to defend liberty
when it comes under threat.