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Books

A conspiracy unmasked

Despite having no instinct for organisation and never using the jargon of modern business management, Margaret Thatcher had extraordinary political instincts. These are a central theme of Herself Alone, the third volume

October 23, 2019

African reset: will Covid-19 bring change?

It is tempting to hope that ordinary people will rise up and

Features

A boy’s own adventure

Privileged images: the photography of Jacques Henri Lartigue

Art·Drawing Board

A breath of fresh paint

A revival in figurative art and the changing face of portraiture

Art·Drawing Board

A hinge in history

The tumult in Kiev 15 years ago seemed a victory for progress

Features

Critique

Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan was a writer with a rich hinterland—and an affection for

Features

A focus on economic growth is too narrow

The scale of economic inequality across the UK is scandalous. Roads and

Counterpoints

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Counterpoints·Heritage·Media

A Vanished World

Peter Paterson’s engaging memoir evokes an era of Fleet Street camaraderie which has long since disappeared Peter Paterson, the author of an engaging memoir

September 2, 2026

Counterpoints·The Church of England·UK Politics·Westminster

From One Oxymoron to Another

The think-tank Demos has switched from New Labour to ‘Progressive Conservatism’. Philip Blond has journeyed from ‘Radical Orthodoxy’ to ‘Red Toryism’. Now the two

September 2, 2026

Counterpoints·Economy·Education·Modern Life

Boomerang Kids

Moving back to your parents’ house is fun at first, but boomeranging is a cause for concern Normally when I pop in to see

September 2, 2026

Counterpoints·Human Rights·Latin America·Media

Chávez’s Thugs

Chávez's blanket control over the media is highlighted by the armed attack on Globovisión

September 2, 2026

Columns

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Open Season

Can we reverse the “long march”?

‘After a long time people are finally beginning to wake up to “the long march through the institutions”—the idea that left-wing “progressives” have to

December 23, 2020

Open Season

Black and Asian Britons should not be treated as a bloc

‘People do not vote as a bloc, and ethnic or racial groups—and often individuals within these groups—contain a multitude of political opinions’

December 23, 2020

Open Season

There have always been “woke” students—the problem is their elders

‘The people running these institutions—they’re the people who are actually cancelling the songs, renaming the buildings and withdrawing the paintings’

October 21, 2020

Open Season

Can a white conservative be trusted?

There is particularly fertile ground for mistrust in an era in which fear has become a dominant public perspective

August 28, 2020

Dispatches

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Park City, Utah: Movie that Pulls Aside the Veil

Afghanistan·Developing World·Dispatches·Faith·Film·Foreign Aid·Gender·Human Rights·Islam·Military·Music·Social Affairs·War on Terror

September 2, 2026

Park City, Utah: Movie that Pulls Aside the Veil

A new documentary made in Afghanistan has won two awards at the the Sundance Film Festival. Afghan Star could help the cause of feminism

Developing World·Dispatches·Economy·Film·India·Social Affairs

September 2, 2026

Mumbai: On the ‘Slumdog’ Trail

Standpoint‘s Writer-At-Large visits the slums of Mumbai to assess the Oscar-winning film The Mumbai slums where Danny Boyle shot Slumdog Millionaire are a world