Taking Research for Granted
British universities need to become more like America’s if they want to keep the best scientists
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
How to Play the Game
In sport, it’s not just knowing how to lose that’s important, it’s also knowing how to win
Baroque’s Time to Roll
A new exhibition at the V&A seeks to rehabilitate a style that sought to inspire wonder and awe
Denying Israel’s Deniers
The British and Israeli novelists Howard Jacobson and A.B. Yehoshua discuss the new wave of anti-Jewish rhetoric with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson
Burnt Out
The smoking ban has managed to make the once-cool habit look anti-social and silly
BBC Kremlin Service
The Foreign Office must realise that cuts at the BBC Russian Service have turned it into an arm of the Kremlin propaganda machine
Family Values
Washing your dirty linen in public is all the rage, at the cost of precious family loyalty What price loyalty? Not very much, it seems, judging by the number of betrayals that
Berlin and Cologne: A Tale of Two German Cities
‘Now that Berlin is officially one of the coolest places in Europe, many have developed a peculiar sense of being German – a form of confidence, or nonchalance at least, about their
Faith, Hope and the Free Economy
Catholicism is compatible with capitalism, not the overmighty state