September 22, 2026

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Art, books, music, theatre and criticism from Standpoint. Criticism as argument, not consumer advice.

The Elusive Question Master

Jeremy Paxman's memoir is a moving and witty account of a postwar upbringing and TV career, but we learn little of the man behind the persona

November 21, 2016

Books

Traveller, Gossip, Gardener and Wit

Roy Strong's diaries reveal an odd but witty and engaging character moving amidst high society

November 21, 2016

Books

How The West Invented Itself

What created the technological "great divergence" between the West and the rest of the world?

November 21, 2016

Books

Loathing On The Campaign Trail

Arron Banks's Brexit diary is a score-settling exercise, attacking everyone he fell out with during the campaign

November 21, 2016

Books

Anthem For The Forgotten Man

Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance's memoir of his Appalachian upbringing, is required reading for understanding why Americans rejected Hillary

November 21, 2016

Books

Voices Of Restraint On The Post-War Stage

John Osborne’s angry young men have dated. Rattigan, Coward, Pinter and Stoppard haven’t

November 21, 2016

Critique

The Devoted Disciple Of Wyndham Lewis

Hugh Gordon Porteus was a minor but engaging figure in London’s pre-war bohemia

November 21, 2016

Critique

From The Seine To The Outback

An exhibition of Australian Impressionism demonstrates the movement’s global reach

November 21, 2016

Art

The Long Battle To Clear A Cardinal’s Name

Jailed by the Communists, Croatia’s former primate Alojzije Stepinac still awaits sainthood

October 24, 2016

Critique

Why The Most Civilised Of Men Felt Like A Fraud

James Stourton's biography of Kenneth Clark offers insights into a life riddled with paradox

October 24, 2016

Books

Sound, Fury and Not Much Else

Slovenia's second most famous export, Slavoj Žižek, gets full marks for effort, but his 1970s dialectic seems a bit retro

October 24, 2016

Books

Sam-I-Am’s Final Act

The last volume of his collected letters reveals Samuel Beckett at his most Beckettian

October 24, 2016

Books

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