Bad Luck with the Weather
John Piper, Myfanwy Piper, Lives in Art by Frances Spalding
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
The Character of Englishness
Dr Johnson, the greatest writer of critical prose in the English language, was able to impart to his readers both human nature in general, and the character of Englishness in particular
Booking a Place in History
The publisher George Weidenfeld has died at the age of 96. In 2009, he looked back at an eventful life and forward to his vision of the future in a dialogue with
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
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
Cattle Dealer
The New Stateman's choice of senior editor confirms that the magazine has abandoned its liberal principles
Chávez’s Thugs
Chávez's blanket control over the media is highlighted by the armed attack on Globovisión
Equally Incoherent
The Left is resurgent in the Labour Party, but its egalitarian agenda is utterly inconsistent
Crimes Against Fiction
Crime-writers are encouraged to fill their pages with sadistic misogyny because it sells When a female corpse appeared on the jacket of a crime-writing colleague’s new book, she pointed out to her
A Veil of Silence Over Murder
Here in Britain, and all over the world, men are killing women on a point of 'honour'. Why do we tolerate the intolerable?
A Mad Call to Arms
As Middle East countries rush to acquire nuclear weapons, the Cold War stalemate will not apply in the region
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