Booking a Place in History
The publisher George Weidenfeld has died at the age of 96. In 2009, he looked back at an eventful life and forward to his
Lisieux, France: Relics of Thérèse
The veneration of saint's relics largely died out after the Reformation, but the bones of one 19th-Century nun inexplicably attract millions of pilgrims from
South Africa: The ANC’S Health Lesson for Obama
Health care reform is one of the hardest things in politics. If Obama may be heading for defeat or a bloody draw, this is
Cattle Dealer
The New Stateman's choice of senior editor confirms that the magazine has abandoned its liberal principles
Chávez’s Thugs
Chávez's blanket control over the media is highlighted by the armed attack on Globovisión
Equally Incoherent
The Left is resurgent in the Labour Party, but its egalitarian agenda is utterly inconsistent
Crimes Against Fiction
Crime-writers are encouraged to fill their pages with sadistic misogyny because it sells When a female corpse appeared on the jacket of a crime-writing
A Veil of Silence Over Murder
Here in Britain, and all over the world, men are killing women on a point of 'honour'. Why do we tolerate the intolerable?