For all Sherlock Holmes fans out there - and anyone interested in an inspired portrait of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II in real fictional life – a review of Andrew Finkel's debut novel. hughpope.com/2025/01/27/she…

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Hugh Pope Not sure of the protocol of authors thanking reviewers, but who wouldn't be delighted by such an enthusiastic and well-considered look at their book as Hugh Pope's assessment of The Adventure of the Second Wife?

“Enjoyable”, “idiosyncratic” & “broadly right” - a lovely and important review of my late Dad Maurice Pope's book The Keys to Democracy. open.substack.com/pub/hughpope/p…

If you wonder why rich people dominate systems based on elections, listen to our podcast. The ancients were wise to the corruptions of representative democracy. Athens had the antidote in its glory days – random selection. We can take it again today. youtube.com/watch?v=kF37Tu…

In the latest edition of my 'Ancient and Modern' series on YouTube I talked to Hugh Pope about his father's dream of a sortitive utopia inspired by classical Athens and about his own real-world experience with citizens' assemblies today. youtube.com/watch?v=kF37Tu…

A happy 2nd birthday post for my late father's posthumous book, The Keys to Democracy. 🙌For the publisher, it's a best seller 📣New endorsements keep coming in 📚Paperback due in Sept Many thanks to all who helped a once-lost manuscript on its way! hughpope.substack.com/p/to-be-or-not…

If you feel confused and upset about the news from Gaza, here's a book that offers a tried and tested antidote for at least the first half of that problem. open.substack.com/pub/hughpopebo…

Great to see so many American friends this weekend demonstrating for their rights, rule of law and less partisan rule. The last few months have lessons about what we in Europe should now be standing up for too. open.substack.com/pub/hughpope/p…

A post to celebrate the The Rest Is Politics podcast giving its seal of approval to citizens' assemblies as a way forward for democratic reform. Thank you ALASTAIR CAMPBELL & Rory Stewart and looking forward to hearing more. Sortition Foundation hughpope.substack.com/p/citizens-ass…

Thanks Erin Ogunkeye & FRANCE 24 for the chance to talk about how randomly selected citizens' assemblies can take on the important moral decisions of our time – for instance, paving the way for last week's move in France to lift the ban on assisted dying. youtube.com/watch?v=XYAcGp…

The unexpected advice that #Norway got when seven non-profits convened a citizens' assembly to deliberate on the future of their Oil Fund, the biggest investment fund in the world. substack.com/home/post/p-16…

Thoughts on why I felt okay about bidding a last goodbye to 43 years' worth of reporting notebooks. In short: they were personal and I've used them all up. Still, it wasn't easy putting such a core ingredient of my working life out on the street. hughpope.com/2025/07/22/bre…

Another fine hike along the #LycianWay trail - next stop will be the peak of Mount Olympos (that's the one southwest of Antalya in Turkey). #thelazyolive youtu.be/wRyvi00hWB8