A Loser Aims High
Good to be God by Tibor Fischer
All Human Life is Here
The Arabian Nights translated by Malcolm C. Lyons with Ursula Lyons, introduced and annotated by Robert Irwi
ONLINE ONLY: Alarming but Never Alarmist
Terror and Consent by Philip Bobbitt
A Home of their Own
The relocation of the law lords to their new Supreme Court, at the Middlesex Guildhall, is a good move It’s a move that would make Channel 4’s property experts Phil Spencer and
Africa Has a Dream: Obama
The new president will be welcomed by most ordinary Africans, if not by their rulers
A Foreign Affair: David Bowie in Berlin
Haunted by Isherwood's shade, the British musician flirted with fascism, then became a hero to the youth of the communist East
Adventures of a Book in Africa
Michela Wrong's exposé of corruption in Kenya was suppressed, then pirated, and finally rescued by an unlikely combination of saviours.
ONLINE ONLY: A Different Deal In Iraq
Iraq begins to cut its own deals, and to reach for sovereignty
A Cry for Freedom
The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the ultimate display of “people power”, but did German reunification work? It was not about bananas — which were unavailable in East Germany — or
The CPS: A Criminal Waste of Money
Standpoint’s Mole inside the Crown Prosecution Service believes that it is too bureaucratic, inefficient and politicised