Keen Kenyans
Despite 40 per cent unemployment and lack of infrastructure, an entrepreneurial spirit has lead many young Kenyans to prosper
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Tripping Up
"Online Reputation Services Providers" threaten the future of user-generated media on the internet
The Public Doctrine of Maurice Cowling
The head of the Peterhouse historical school was concerned with finding a British national identity based on truth and Christian commitment
Europe, America and the Coalition
Two of the Conservative Party’s most influential thinkers, Nick Boles MP and Daniel Hannan MEP, discuss their contrasting visions with the Editor of Standpoint, Daniel Johnson
The Surge is Working — So Far
Official voices are unwilling to claim victory, but Nato forces in southern Afghanistan are defeating the Taliban
St Gilbert of Fleet Street
Book Review: The Wit and Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton selected by Bevis Hillier
The Test of Character
Book Reviews: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen; and Sunset Park by Paul Auster
High Priest of Poetry
Taller When Prone by Les Murray
2010 and All That
Book Reviews: Crown and Country: A History of England Through the Monarchy by David Starkey; and The Story of England by Michael Wood
Decision Time for Barack Obama
After his mid-term ‘shellacking’, the President has a choice: Clintonian pragmatism or the ideological purity of the Left
The Frau is for Turning
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel at first dismissed, then embraced Thilo Sarrazin’s attack on multiculturalism
The Kids are Not All Right and I Am Angry
Thrown out of her school after addressing the Conservative Party conference, this teacher explains her change of mind