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On Evil by Terry Eagleton

A report in The Times today claims that there will be a secret hearing next month to decide whether four politicians accused of fiddling their expenses should stand trial. The hearing "will

When the cherry blossom comes out, you know it can't be long until the Proms programme does too. This year's Proms season is to be launched the week after next, and over

Two Arabic media portals, Al Jazeera and the Palestinian News Network (PNN), have reported that on Sunday 21 March, the London Central Mosque (aka Regent's Park Mosque) held an event where leading

Sir John Dyson has been appointed to the Supreme Court. He will be promoted from the Court of Appeal at the start of the new term on April 13.

I remember running various posts on my JDCMB site asking why Fauré is like a bus? Because there's nothing for ages, then a whopping great rush arrives en masse. The same is

News reaches me from an impeccable source that Lutfur Ali, assistant chief executive of Tower Hamlets council, has just resigned.

Yesterday, I attended the launch of a fatwa condemning suicide bombings and terrorism. The document was compiled by Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, the head of Pakistani based Sufi organisation, Minhaj ul-Quran. Reproduced below

The Sunday Telegraph is full of stories about the Islamic Forum of Europe's (IFE) growing influence in East London. It says the group has effectively infiltrated the local Labour Party and brought

The other week I put up a poll at my JDCMB site asking whether you think we should be allowed to take drinks into concerts. Two-thirds of those who responded voted NO.

I'm not sure how many Standpoint readers follow EastEnders; I imagine not that many. But the BBC probably considers it the jewel in its crown; even in today's much diminished television universe