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Beirut: Blood on the Streets

‘Then the beating began. One of the new arrivals punched Christopher hard in the face. Two others grabbed his arm and started dragging him across the street. For the first time the

April 3, 2009

Dispatches·Ethnicity·Islam·Israel·Lebanon·Middle East·Syria·War on Terror

Dreams for their Children

The rise of Kenya's middle class offers the country, and the whole continent, hope for the future

February 25, 2009

Africa·Education·Features·Foreign Aid·History·Modern Life·Obama·Social Affairs

A Strange Rush for the Exit

In a world where life appears to be getting better, why are we in the grip of a suicide epidemic?

February 25, 2009

Academia·Europe·Faith·Family·Features·Health·History·Human Rights·Mental Illness·Modern Life·Philosophy·Science·Social Affairs·The West

A Tale of Sadness and Forgetting

The Czech novelist Milan Kundera is accused of informing on an anti-communist as a student. Is there any truth in the charge?

February 17, 2009

Features·Heritage·History·Justice·Literature·Politics

Why Matter Really Matters

Firing neutrons under Japan may explain why the universe exists

February 17, 2009

Academia·Cosmos·History·Japan·Science

Bad Beyond Imagination

Bernhard Schlink's novel, The Reader, is both artistically and morally fraudulent. The oscar-winning film that sprung from it is no better

February 16, 2009

Critique·Film·Germany·History·Literature

Imaginary Islamist Think-Tanks

Extremists dub themselves 'Directors' of organisations that exist only in name, and the mainstream media swoons

February 16, 2009

Counterpoints·Faith·Islam·Media·Political Correctness·Social Affairs·UK Politics·War on Terror

A Friend to All

An abridged version of an address at a memorial service for Rabbi Sidney Brichto, who died on 16 January 2009

February 16, 2009

Counterpoints·Faith·Israel·Judaism·Middle East·The Catholic Church·The Church of England

Helping Africa Break Free

Aid to Africa is the problem, not the solution, according to Dambisa Moyo, Zambian-born economist and author of Dead Aid. She discusses the issue with Richard Dowden, executive director of the Royal

February 16, 2009

Africa·China·Developing World·Dialogue·Economy·Ethnicity·Foreign Aid·Global Governance·History·International·Politics·Social Affairs·The West

Mumbai: On the ‘Slumdog’ Trail

Standpoint‘s Writer-At-Large visits the slums of Mumbai to assess the Oscar-winning film The Mumbai slums where Danny Boyle shot Slumdog Millionaire are a world of surprises. There are the gaggles of uniformed

February 13, 2009

Developing World·Dispatches·Economy·Film·India·Social Affairs

Park City, Utah: Movie that Pulls Aside the Veil

A new documentary made in Afghanistan has won two awards at the the Sundance Film Festival. Afghan Star could help the cause of feminism there and encourage a desperately-needed sense of national

February 12, 2009

Afghanistan·Developing World·Dispatches·Faith·Film·Foreign Aid·Gender·Human Rights·Islam·Military·Music·Social Affairs·War on Terror

Faces that Don’t Quite Fit

When it came to painting portraits, Constable struggled to emulate his mastery of landscape

February 12, 2009

Architecture·Art·Iran

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