Dreyfus and the Birth of Intellectual Protest
Zola inspired other writers and artists to defend the jailed Jewish officer. Yet he himself was not free of the taint of anti-Semitism
Dressed for Success
According to The Times, David Cameron gave his closing speech at the Tory conference while wearing a Savile Row "handmade suit that would normally cost £3500. Conservative Central Office said that he
Roger Wagner: Master of timeless modernism
"Roger Wagner would be a remarkable artist in any age. His work is informed by the great tradition of Western art, yet there is nothing old-fashioned about it"
DPP Supports Human Rights Shock
I enjoyed Keir Starmer's lecture last night, and not just because he quoted recent comments by a "well-respected legal commentator".
Do you buy CDs?
Anne Midgette, music critic of The Washington Post, has an interesting survey on her blog 'The Classical Beat': she wants to find out whether people still buy CDs. How big is the
Downward Mobility
In my Observer column I point out that the government may make inflation forecasts and debt forecasts but not unemployment forecasts. Well, just imagine if one of those were to leak out
Downgrading Civil Justice
Mediation 'is not about just settlement', said Professor Dame Hazel Genn last December. 'It is just about settlement.
Do We Need a Cultural Olympiad?
Standpoint readers might be interested in this forthcoming event. The details are all below The New Culture ForumInvites you to hearRuth MackenzieDirector of the 2012 Cultural OlympiadSpeak onWhy We Need a Cultural
BREAKING: Press TV has its accounts frozen
Press TV, the propaganda arm of the Iranian regime, has had its bank account frozen by NatWest Bank. AFP reports:
BREAKING NEWS: ‘Yemeni authorities are hunting for Anwar al-Awlaki’
The radical American imam, Anwar al-Awalki, whose praise for the Fort Hood gunman, Nidal Hasan, we reported on this blog seems to have gone on the run. Not only did Awlaki declare