November 27, 2013 | Standpoint Magazine

Back to the Drawing Board with Andrew Marr

Andrew Marr has produced a bracing, poignant book that is like no other. Entirely illustrated with his own drawings, it comprises an ambitious attempt by an…

November 27, 2013

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A History of Blood Hatred

How do racisms start? Francisco Bethencourt’s study of racial prejudices since the Crusades does its best to answer the culturally sensitive question

November 27, 2013

Books·History

Good By Stealth

The media presents Israel as a pariah but its recent efforts to provide aid to Syrian refugees belies its consistently negative image

November 27, 2013

Counterpoints·Israel·Middle East

A Real Arab Spring

Israel’s thriving and very much integrated Arab population confounds the perpetual accusation that it is somehow an 'apartheid state'

November 27, 2013

Counterpoints·Islam·Israel

Major and Mobility

John Major is wrong. Far from the current Conservative-led cabinet being overwhelmingly privately educated it is in fact the most representative in history

November 27, 2013

Counterpoints·UK Politics