November 2008 | Standpoint Magazine

A Foreign Affair: David Bowie in Berlin

Haunted by Isherwood's shade, the British musician flirted with fascism, then became a hero to the youth of the communist East

November 27, 2008

Communism·Eastern Europe·Features·Germany·History·Music·Politics·Western Europe

From Baubles to Babel

The year the contemporary art juggernaut ground to a halt

November 27, 2008

Art·Economy·Modern Life

New York: A Cousin in the White House

US Election Week diary: New Yorkers and their attitudes towards the new president “I don’t want to live in a country that will elect Sarah Palin.” Fragments of a conversation between two

November 26, 2008

Dispatches·Ethnicity·McCain·Media·North America·Obama·Social Affairs·Urbanism·US Politics

Duped by the Devil

Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West by Lawrence Rees

November 26, 2008

Uncategorized

Box of Tricks

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know by John D. Barrow

November 26, 2008

Books·Modern Life·Science

Exotic Stew

The China Lover by Ian Buruma

November 26, 2008

Uncategorized

Booby Prize

White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

November 26, 2008

Uncategorized

The leader of Norway's Progress Party, Siv Jensen, has a good chance of winning next year's election. In an interview with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson, she explains her views; Bruce Bawer explains

November 25, 2008

Africa Has a Dream: Obama

The new president will be welcomed by most ordinary Africans, if not by their rulers

November 25, 2008

Africa·Features·International·North America·Obama·Politics·US Politics

The Terrorist Threat to Business

Luke Johnson, entrepreneur and business commentator, discusses terrorism's growing menace with historian Michael Burleigh and Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

November 24, 2008

Academia·Dialogue·Economy·History·International·Ireland·Islam·Media·Military·Northern Ireland·Policing·Political Correctness·Politics·Publishing·The West·TV·UK Politics·War on Terror

The British Gas Man Cometh (Not)

Standpoint senior editor Miriam Gross tries seven times in vain to negotiate the hopeless beaurocracy of British Gas’s customer service department Thursday Conversation One. 1.15pm Hello. Welcome to British Gas. Calls are

November 24, 2008

Dialogue·Energy·Modern Life·Satire

Where Did the Big Bang Come From?

The story of Georges Lemaître shows how cosmology moves in mysterious ways

November 24, 2008

Academia·Cosmos·Faith·History·Science·The Catholic Church