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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

August 25, 2009

Dialogue·History·Israel·Literature·Publishing

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

August 25, 2009

Dispatches·The Catholic Church

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

August 25, 2009

Africa·Dispatches·Health

Cattle Dealer

The New Stateman's choice of senior editor confirms that the magazine has abandoned its liberal principles

August 25, 2009

Counterpoints·Islam·War on Terror

Chávez’s Thugs

Chávez's blanket control over the media is highlighted by the armed attack on Globovisión

August 25, 2009

Counterpoints·Human Rights·Latin America·Media

Equally Incoherent

The Left is resurgent in the Labour Party, but its egalitarian agenda is utterly inconsistent

August 25, 2009

Counterpoints·Social Affairs·UK Politics

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

August 25, 2009

Counterpoints·Literature·Publishing

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?

August 24, 2009

Faith·Features·Gender·Islam·Social Affairs·War on Terror

A Mad Call to Arms

As Middle East countries rush to acquire nuclear weapons, the Cold War stalemate will not apply in the region

August 24, 2009

Defence·Features·Iran·Israel·Middle East·Military

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

June 25, 2009

Dialogue·History·Politics·UK Politics

Boomerang Kids

Moving back to your parents’ house is fun at first, but boomeranging is a cause for concern Normally when I pop in to see my parents, my Mum bursts out of the

June 25, 2009

Counterpoints·Economy·Education·Modern Life

Editorial image for "The Promised Land?" — Balfour & Weizmann: The Zionist, the Zealot and the Declaration which…

Balfour & Weizmann: The Zionist, the Zealot and the Declaration which Changed the World by Geoffrey Lewis'A Senseless, Squalid War': Voices from Palestine 1945-1948 by Norman RoseOne State, Two States: Resolving the

June 25, 2009

Books·History·Israel·Judaism·Middle East

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