Big Cyril’s Secrets
The late Sir Cyril Smith is solid proof that fat men are not always harmless men
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Come Back, Trollope
Westminster's current inhabitants are perfect fodder for a great political satirist, if only we had one
The Misfit at No 10
State of Emergency: The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974 by Dominic Sandbrook and Edward Heath: The Authorised Biography by Philip Ziegler
No Brits in Basra
British businesses are nowhere to be seen in Iraq, unlike the companies of those countries that opposed the war
We Have to be Ready For Anything
The forthcoming defence review must answer our need to be able to face unpredictable threats
History’s Greatest Ponzi Scheme
Politicians sat on their hands as the mighty American economy was sent to its doom. What is to be done to prevent a repeat?
Can the Atlantic Coalition Hold?
William Kristol, founder-editor of the leading American conservative magazine, the Weekly Standard, and Tim Montgomerie, founder-editor of the ConservativeHome website, discuss the similar problems facing the US and Britain with Standpoint Editor
Caning the Banks
The coalition government's new levy on banks will be a levy on banks' customers
Out of Proportion
It's British politicians who are broken or corrupt or out-of-touch, not the British political system
Worth the Wait
My mother, at the age of 100, may feel enfranchised at last During my lunch break on May 2 1997, I walked from my office in Mayfair across Green Park to watch
Walking the Plank
The government's hypocrisy over "green issues" is forcing those living on our waterways out of their homes
Has Britain Found a Role Yet?
The leading historians Professors Norman Stone and Jeremy Black discuss how this country might recover its once unique contribution to Western civilisation with Standpoint Editor Daniel Johnson