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It was launched in autumn 1993 as a quarterly publication. The magazine was singled out by then Foreign Secretary Robin Cook in 2000 in an attack on then Conservative Party leader William Hague's inability to contain extremists within the party.
Andrew Hunter, a former Conservative MP who defected to Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party, was removed from Iain Duncan Smith's campaign to lead the Conservative Party because of his patronage of Right Now!. Hunter withdrew his support for the magazine after it printed a series of allegedly homophobic advertisements for the pressure group the Conservative Democratic Alliance, with which the magazine is closely linked.The magazine has featured interviews with and articles by many leading politicians, thinkers and writers, such Arthur Jensen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Roger Scruton, Pat Buchanan, Peter Brimelow, Frederick Forsyth, Charles MooreCharles Page Thomas Moore ( 1831 1904) was a founder of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and later was a justice on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Charles H. Moore (also known as Chuck Moore is the inventor of the Forth programming language Charl, Garry Bushell , Alain de BenoistAlain de Benoist (b. 11 December 1943) is a French academic and head of the French think-tank the New Right/ La Nouvelle Droite. A celebrated intellectual who attended the Sorbonne, de Benoist is little known outside his native France but his writing have, Samuel FrancisSee also: other Sam Francises Samuel Francis is a nationally syndicated columnist known for his opposition to mass immigration, illegal immigration, multiculturalism, and other controversial issues of the day. A former Washington Times columnist, Francis and Robert Henderson (the last-named is best known for his attacks on non-white players in the England cricket team). Prominent Conservative politicians who have contributed to, or been interviewed by, Right Now! include Norman TebbitNorman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit PC (born March 29, 1931), is a right-wing British Conservative politician and formerly MP for Chingford, Essex. Born in Enfield, he was a journalist on the Financial Times, before serving with the RAF during four year, Ann WiddecombeThe Right Honourable Ann Widdecombe (born October 4 1947) is a British Conservative MP, Privy Counsellor and unlikely sex symbol. Widdecombe holds Honours degrees in Latin (BA Birmingham University) and in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (MA Lady Marga, John RedwoodThe Right Honourable John Redwood (born June 15, 1951) is a British Conservative politician, MP for Wokingham and Shadow Secretary of State for Deregulation. Redwood, born in Dover, Kent, had a brilliant academic career behind him (Fellow of All Souls' Co, Teddy TaylorSir Edward MacMillan Taylor usually Teddy Taylor (born April 18, 1937) is a British politician, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East. He first entered Parliament in the 1964 election, and became a Scottish Office in Edward, Teresa GormanTeresa Gorman is an English politician, and was Conservative member of Parliament for Billericay, until 2001. She was elected to the House in the 1987 election, and was one of the Maastricht Rebels, who nearly brought John Major's government down over the and Bill Cash. As well as interviews, the magazine also features arts coverage and cultural criticism (there is a regular series called "Writers of the Right"), articles on political and historical topics, plus news of meetings and even recipes.
The journalist Michael Gove , the philosopher Anthony Flew and the policy expert Alfred Sherman were also closely linked to the magazine at various times.
Now edited by Derek Turner and published by Taki Theodoracopulos .