November 27, 2012 | Standpoint Magazine

This Strange and Contradictory Poet

Far from being a thoroughly aestheticised figure, John Keats had an active social conscience; his critics were suspicious of his radical politics

November 27, 2012

Critique·Literature

Mixed Media, Mixed Results

Three shows run the gamut of artistic expression, from the glorious Goya to risibile performance art

November 27, 2012

Art

Quentin Blake

On December 16, Quentin Blake will turn 80, his illustrious career as an artist and illustrator having begun in the pages of Punch in 1948-the year of London's last Olympic Games. If

November 27, 2012

Uncategorized

The Olympian and His Thunderbolt

Robert Oppenheimer, far from being a one-dimensional Dr Atomic, was a tragic character of huge erudition

November 27, 2012

Cosmos·Science

History Joys

A new wave of rarefied history is the perfect antidote to the ubiquitous TV-celeb historians

November 27, 2012

Culture & Anarchy·History

How Supercam Can Win the Next Election

Cameron thinks Obama’s victory vindicates Osborne’s social liberalism but they both need to focus on aspiration and prosperity

November 27, 2012

Features·UK Politics

The Indelible Terror of the Cruelty of Children

Sixty years ago I was subjected to systematic verbal and physical abuse by a boy called Michael. I have never forgotten the fear I felt

November 27, 2012

Features·Literature

How to Exorcise the Ghost of Penury Yet To Come

No pot of money supports the promise of state pensions—the system is unsustainable. A new savings model is needed

November 27, 2012

Economy·Features·UK Politics

A Pilgrimage Through Paddy’s London

Devotees of Patrick Leigh Fermor celebrate the charismatic writer and adventurer with a tour of his Mayfair haunts

November 27, 2012

Features·Literature

The Long Life of a Charming Nomad

In her biography of Patrick Leigh Fermor, Artemis Cooper tells the compelling story of an extraordinary career

November 27, 2012

Features·Literature

Turks, Arabs and Jews: The Middle East in Crisis

The nominally secular Turkish state has distanced itself from its erstwhile alliance with Israel. The region is now on the brink

November 27, 2012

Dispatches

Norway’s Problem with Anti-Semitism

Soon Jews will have no visible presence in the most prosperous nation on earth. No one is protecting them

November 27, 2012

Dispatches·Ethnicity·Judaism