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Reporting from Standpoint correspondents in Rome, Kiev, New York, the Caucasus and elsewhere. Writing from the place, by someone who went.

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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 around the world today

August 25, 2009

Dispatches·The Catholic Church

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 nothing compared to what awaits the ANC as

August 25, 2009

Africa·Dispatches·Health

United States: The Path to Rome via San Francisco

‘In the 1950s, Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene wrote triumphalist Catholic novels with miracles as part of the story — Brideshead Revisited, The End of the Affair. They were bestsellers. Since Vatican II,

June 24, 2009

Dispatches·Literature·North America·The Catholic Church

Paris: Prisoner of the Barbarians

‘In February 2007, a naked, emaciated, mutilated, charred and stabbed man is discovered near railway tracks in the Parisian suburb of Sainte Geneviève-des-Bois. He is taken to hospital where he is pronounced dead

June 24, 2009

Dispatches·France·Islam·Judaism

Colombia: A Nation Reborn

Alvaro Uribe has brought prosperity to Colombia, and is now up for "re-re-election". But the legacy of political chaos will continue to be felt, says Vanessa Neumann

May 29, 2009

Developing World·Dispatches·Drugs·Latin America·War on Terror

Budapest: Screwed Left, Right and Centre

‘Unfortunately, most Hungarians expect their politicians to be on the take and that's because many of them are. I'd love to name names, but I'm not in the mood for litigation’

April 29, 2009

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Berlin and Cologne: A Tale of Two German Cities

‘Now that Berlin is officially one of the coolest places in Europe, many have developed a peculiar sense of being German – a form of confidence, or nonchalance at least, about their

April 4, 2009

Architecture·Dispatches·Germany·History·Modern Life

India: Tariq Ali’s Plan for Pakistan

Although previously banned, Tariq Ali’s books can now be read anywhere in Pakistan. In the aftermath of the jihadist attacks in Mumbai and on the Sri Lankan cricket team, will the Brit-Pak’s

April 3, 2009

Afghanistan·Dispatches·India·Islam·Literature·Media·Pakistan·War on Terror

Beirut: Blood on the Streets

‘Then the beating began. One of the new arrivals punched Christopher hard in the face. Two others grabbed his arm and started dragging him across the street. For the first time the

April 3, 2009

Dispatches·Ethnicity·Islam·Israel·Lebanon·Middle East·Syria·War on Terror

Mumbai: On the ‘Slumdog’ Trail

Standpoint‘s Writer-At-Large visits the slums of Mumbai to assess the Oscar-winning film The Mumbai slums where Danny Boyle shot Slumdog Millionaire are a world of surprises. There are the gaggles of uniformed

February 13, 2009

Developing World·Dispatches·Economy·Film·India·Social Affairs

Park City, Utah: Movie that Pulls Aside the Veil

A new documentary made in Afghanistan has won two awards at the the Sundance Film Festival. Afghan Star could help the cause of feminism there and encourage a desperately-needed sense of national

February 12, 2009

Afghanistan·Developing World·Dispatches·Faith·Film·Foreign Aid·Gender·Human Rights·Islam·Military·Music·Social Affairs·War on Terror

Prague: Diary

‘The post-1989 temptation in Prague has been two-fold. The first has been to legislate the totalitarian past out of existence, the second has been to copy the liberal West blindly at a

January 13, 2009

Architecture·Communism·Dispatches·Eastern Europe·Economy·EU·History·Modern Life·The West·Welfare State

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