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All to Play For as Cameron Wobbles

For two years, a Conservative victory looked to be a done deal — then the polls narrowed. Are the voters having second thoughts?

March 19, 2010

Features·Politics

Seductive Pursuits

Bite the Hand that Feeds You: Essays and Provocations by Henry Fairlie and Best Seat in the House by Frank Johnson

December 14, 2009

Books·Literature·Politics

Silvio’s House of Cards

‘Italy's real problem isn't Berlusconi's private affairs. Rather, the problem is the culture he now represents. ’

September 21, 2009

EU·Europe·European Eye·Italy·Politics·The Catholic Church

Berlin: Empty Elections

‘This reunification generation of Germans is sick of coalition government but equally dissatisfied with the alternatives on offer’

August 26, 2009

European Eye·Germany·Politics

When Britain Feared the Blackshirts

The novelist Nicholas Mosley, who has died at the age of 93, discusses the rise and fall of British fascism with Raymond Carr in a Standpoint dialogue from 2009

June 25, 2009

Dialogue·History·Politics·UK Politics

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.

June 24, 2009

Africa·Ethnicity·Features·Literature·Politics

Beyond the Myth of Mandela

As Jacob Zuma takes over as South Africa’s president, the ‘Beloved Country’ needs to break with idolatry

May 28, 2009

Africa·Developing World·Features·Politics

Marx’s Capitalist

The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels by Tristram Hunt

April 28, 2009

Books·Communism·History·Philosophy·Politics·UK Politics

Denying Israel’s Deniers

The British and Israeli novelists Howard Jacobson and A.B. Yehoshua discuss the new wave of anti-Jewish rhetoric with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

April 4, 2009

Dialogue·Ethnicity·Faith·International·Israel·Judaism·Literature·Media·Middle East·Politics·Social Affairs·War on Terror

BBC Kremlin Service

The Foreign Office must realise that cuts at the BBC Russian Service have turned it into an arm of the Kremlin propaganda machine

April 4, 2009

Counterpoints·Media·Politics·Russia

A Tale of Sadness and Forgetting

The Czech novelist Milan Kundera is accused of informing on an anti-communist as a student. Is there any truth in the charge?

February 17, 2009

Features·Heritage·History·Justice·Literature·Politics

Helping Africa Break Free

Aid to Africa is the problem, not the solution, according to Dambisa Moyo, Zambian-born economist and author of Dead Aid. She discusses the issue with Richard Dowden, executive director of the Royal

February 16, 2009

Africa·China·Developing World·Dialogue·Economy·Ethnicity·Foreign Aid·Global Governance·History·International·Politics·Social Affairs·The West

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