A Novel Way to Treat a Writer
I have been inundated with emails from GCSE and A-level students who want me to spoonfeed answers on their set texts
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
China’s Rural Nightmare
As the global economic crisis hits home, Beijing faces what the country’s rulers have always feared – a peasants’ revolt The waves from the subprime disaster have reached China, where the bottom
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
You want it, you deserve it! That's the misleading message of a thousand self-help guides to instant bliss
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
A Norwegian Thatcher?
The leader of Norway's Progress Party, Siv Jensen, has a good chance of winning next year's election. In an interview with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson, she explains her views; Bruce Bawer explains
Africa Has a Dream: Obama
The new president will be welcomed by most ordinary Africans, if not by their rulers
Beware the Obama Machine
When I drew attention to the two-faced tactics of the Democratic candidate over Iraq, his ‘militants’ turned nasty
All at Sea Over Pirates
Piracy on the high seas, especially near failed and unstable Muslim states, is becoming an international security headache
A Tory Vision for Europe
Suddenly, the Conservatives are in tune with voters across the continent - and can lead the way to a more democratic EU
ONLINE ONLY: Education It’s Not
‘Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared,’ declared the Reverend Charles Colton almost two centuries ago, ‘for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
A New Mutiny?
Away from the tourist trail, India is threatened by the Maoism that toppled Nepal's monarchy
Betraying the State of Israel
Jews fail to understand anti-Semitism disguised as anti-Zionism