Moral Fog of War
Moral Combat: A History of World War II by Michael Burleigh
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
The Fragrant Moralist
Hitch-22: A Memoir by Christopher Hitchens
London and the Fornicating ’50s
Capital Affairs: The Making of Permissive Society by Frank Mort
Veni Vidi Vishy
The supremacy of logic over superstition allowed Vishy Anand to become a worthy world champion
Faith in the Law
'I might believe it is wrong to work on the Sabbath but I cannot expect the law to enforce that belief in Britain'
California Dreaming
'Don't believe what they say about California: it is still the matrix for our civilisation'
Novel Delights
'"You can't write a novel," she said. But, at last, I have' - Craig Raine details the lengthy birth pains of his fiction debut
Has Britain Found a Role Yet?
The leading historians Professors Norman Stone and Jeremy Black discuss how this country might recover its once unique contribution to Western civilisation with Standpoint Editor Daniel Johnson
Beyond Climate Hubris
An open letter to Chris Huhne calls for a new pragmatic approach to rebuild public trust
Bajaur: A Talk with the Taliban
‘At last, a familiar sight: we drive past a Johnson & Johnson factory. “This place can’t be that bad,” I tell myself. “Daniel Pearl was executed near here,” the driver says unprompted.
Oslo: Signing OFF on Human Rights
The alternative human rights conference highlights causes that are too often ignored or forgotten by organisations like Amnesty International
A New Voice for the American Right
The heir to Buckley, Kristol and Neuhaus, Robert George is the new leader of American intellectual conservatism