Left Foot Forward
A plethora of new Left-leaning French magazines show that in France the intellectuals remain socialist
Imaginary Islamist Think-Tanks
Extremists dub themselves 'Directors' of organisations that exist only in name, and the mainstream media swoons
Faking a Killing
The world reacted with horror when it saw a 12-year-old boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers. But the footage, it transpires, told a lie
Annie v. Elvis
When celebrities get involved in politics, they should look to Elvis rather than Annie Lennox In January, Annie Lennox released a statement on the Gaza conflict, saying that as a mother and
Back to the Feelgood Sitcom
The comedy of self-recognition invites us to laugh gently at ourselves, rather than despise others
BBC Kremlin Service
The Foreign Office must realise that cuts at the BBC Russian Service have turned it into an arm of the Kremlin propaganda machine
Good Copy
The Independent's new masthead is a little too close to home for Standpoint
Britain Still Needs The BBC
Despite everything, the BBC is still one of our great cultural forces
The First Steps of a Great Newspaperman
Sarah Johnson introduces an account by her late father of his earliest days in journalism
Washington Blame Game
Was the journalist Judith Miller's bad intelligence to blame for the 2003 invasion of Iraq?
Chávez’s Thugs
Chávez's blanket control over the media is highlighted by the armed attack on Globovisión
A Vanished World
Peter Paterson’s engaging memoir evokes an era of Fleet Street camaraderie which has long since disappeared Peter Paterson, the author of an engaging memoir (Much More Of This, Old Boy…? Scenes from