Orientalism Comes Out From Under the Shadows
A thoughtful exhibition at Tate Britain this summer lifts the veil of moral theory from Orientalist painting
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
The Koran: Scrutinising the Inscrutable
Each new translation of Islam’s most sacred text offers fresh insights into its meaning. Yet there are still surprises in a book that is not only hard to read, but hard to
China, Red in Tooth and Claw
Wolf Totem is a disconcerting mixture of nationalism, lupine metaphors and nostalgia for the age of nomads. But what does the novel’s runaway success tell us of the aspirations of the new
Christianity, Secularisation and Islam
In the second in our series on religion and public life, a leading Dominican theologian argues that only a recovery of the Judeo-Christian tradition can enable Islam to find its place in
Science and Sentimentalism
By blocking the construction of the new Oxford laboratories, animal-rights activists are harming the university, the public and the animals themselves
The CPS: A Criminal Waste of Money
Standpoint’s Mole inside the Crown Prosecution Service believes that it is too bureaucratic, inefficient and politicised
The Politics of Climate Change
Former Tory chancellor Nigel Lawson challenges David Cameron’s Conservatives, represented by the party’s policy chief Oliver Letwin, to break with the consensus on global warming. Their discussion is chaired by Standpoint editor
The Science of the Soul
Man is three in one: a physical system, a living creature and a conscious mind. But how are they related? Neuroscience gives us some — but not all — the answers
Empire of the Bun
The Hamburger: A History by Josh Ozersky
The Wrong Idea of a University
Higher education has been hijacked by the quangocracy: teaching is neglected, research is distorted by bogus assessment methods, and trust in professional judgement is gone
Breaking Faith With Britain
Christianity is central to British identity, but its marginalisation has created a moral vacuum which radical Islam threatens to fill
ONLINE ONLY: A Confrontation in London
Most of us, thankfully, still have relatively little direct experience of violent crime, although everyone but the most sheltered now suffers death by a thousand anti-social cuts, and the implicit threat they