May 29, 2009 | Standpoint Magazine

Arms and the Man

The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen; War Since 1990 and War: A Short History by Jeremy Black

May 29, 2009

Books·Defence·History·Iraq·Literature·Military·War on Terror

Cycle of Violence

The Last Crusaders: The Hundred-Year Battle for the Centre of the World by Barnaby Rogerson

May 29, 2009

Books·History·Islam·Literature·Middle East

Doctor in the House

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

May 29, 2009

Books·Literature·Mental Illness

Facing the Music

Ronald Harwood's plays tackle the thorny issue of great artists accused of collaborating with the Nazis

May 29, 2009

Germany·History·Theatre

Back to Nature

Three artists approach landscape in very different ways

May 29, 2009

Art

Colombia: A Nation Reborn

Alvaro Uribe has brought prosperity to Colombia, and is now up for "re-re-election". But the legacy of political chaos will continue to be felt, says Vanessa Neumann

May 29, 2009

Developing World·Dispatches·Drugs·Latin America·War on Terror

Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Saturday Reading School gives literacy classes to children from the local Mozart Estate

May 29, 2009

Education·Ethnicity·Immigration·Philanthropy