An Englishman’s home is his castle. The phrase goes back to the 16th century, and so does the philosophy it crystallises. We all yearn for a private space, a space where our rulers cannot boss us around, a space where we might arrange our affairs as we wish, speak our minds, behave in any way we please.
The mighty jurist Sir Edward Coke, who did as much as anyone to codify our understanding of the common law, put it like this as long ago as 1628: ‘For a man’s house is his castle, et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium [and
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