Art for Art’s Sake
A major exhibition in Berlin proves that the spirit of provocation is alive and well in German art
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Brown’s Britain is Bankrupt
Frank Field MP and political theorist Jeremy Jennings discuss liberty, equality and the ethics of public life with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson
The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls
A major investigator of the Scrolls since their discovery explains why after 60 years they still have not made their full impact on the general public If the proverbial opinion pollster accosted
Ayn Rand: Prophet of Capitalism
Why Atlas Shrugged, the libertarian's bible, is back in the bestseller lists
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’
Crises of Identity
Two European artists, Annette Messager and Gerhard Richter, explore the sense of self
D-Day’s Divided Divisions
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor
The Odd Couple
The Philosophers' Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding by Robert Zaretsky and John T. Scott
Vocal Heroes
Tenor: History of a Voice by John Potter
Marx’s Capitalist
The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels by Tristram Hunt
Freaked Out
The Marvelous Hairy Girls by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
Fatal Attraction of Tasty Food
Human bodies are simply not built to consume the unhealthy diet we eat nowadays