The Magazine
September 2008
Patriot, Poet and Prophet
The leading Western historian of Stalinism's horrors first met Alexander Solzhenitsyn when the novelist was expelled from the USSR in 1974. Here he recalls his genius and his courage
Features
The Truth About the Historical Jesus
The leading authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls draws a portrait of Jesus the Jew
The End of 'Chimerica'
The delicate balance of power between China and American is unstable and the geopolitical consequences will affect us all
France Finally Forgets Vichy
The humiliation of 1940 has cast a baleful shadow over France's postwar history. Can Nicolas Sarkozy, the first president too young to be tainted by it, usher in a new era?
What Do We Mean by 'Art'?
Art is not culture or entertainment, it is complexity, the 'I' in life, ambition, the ambiguity of humanity, serious about itself
Would You Mind Turning It Down?
When I tried to confront anti-social behaviour, nobody dared to back me up. So what's wrong with us?
Dialogue
Rethinking the War on Terror
The presidential adviser and author of Terror and Consent, Philip Bobbitt, shares his ideas on the war on terror in a Standpoint dialogue with Conservative politician and author of Celsius 7/7, Michael Gove
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