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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

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

Family Values

Washing your dirty linen in public is all the rage, at the cost of precious family loyalty What price loyalty? Not very much, it seems, judging by the number of betrayals that

April 4, 2009

Counterpoints·Family·Modern Life·Publishing

Desperation’s Noticeboard

Classified: The Secret History of the Personal Column by H.G. Cocks

January 28, 2009

Books·Gender·History·Media·Modern Life·Publishing

At My Wit’s End

"The wittiest writer alive" finds it hard to live up to his title

December 16, 2008

Counterpoints·Literature·Publishing·Satire

Bearhugged by Uncle Vlad

Germany's fawning attitude towards Putin stems from a belief that Russia is the nearest thing it has to a colony

December 15, 2008

Eastern Europe·Energy·Espionage·Europe·Features·Germany·Global Governance·History·International·Media·Politics·Publishing·Russia·The West

A Novel Way to Treat a Writer

I have been inundated with emails from GCSE and A-level students who want me to spoonfeed answers on their set texts

December 15, 2008

Education·Features·Literature·Modern Life·Publishing·Social Affairs

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

You want it, you deserve it! That's the misleading message of a thousand self-help guides to instant bliss

December 15, 2008

Education·Faith·Features·Health·Modern Life·Philosophy·Publishing·Science

The Terrorist Threat to Business

Luke Johnson, entrepreneur and business commentator, discusses terrorism's growing menace with historian Michael Burleigh and Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

November 24, 2008

Academia·Dialogue·Economy·History·International·Ireland·Islam·Media·Military·Northern Ireland·Policing·Political Correctness·Politics·Publishing·The West·TV·UK Politics·War on Terror

Decline and Fall Guys

As Georgia licks its wounds, a morally dubious industry has sprung up to churn out books celebrating the end of American global hegemony

August 19, 2008

Counterpoints·Global Governance·History·North America·Publishing·Russia

The Unfinished Journey of Lionel Trilling

Until recently, it was assumed that Trilling had written only one long fiction, The Middle of the Journey (1947). Now, thanks to Geraldine Murphy we know that Trilling was a third of

July 23, 2008

Academia·Communism·Critique·History·Judaism·Literature·Politics·Publishing

ONLINE ONLY: Speech at the Standpoint Launch

Drinking champagne at the Wallace Collection does not constitute the whole of that Western civilisation which Standpoint exists to celebrate and defend, but it feels like a good start

June 13, 2008

Counterpoints·Publishing·The West·Uncategorized

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