Angela Levin
Fifty Shades Of Sorrow
A compelling novel which echoes Madame Bovary in its depiction of unsatisfying marriage
Banalities From Behind Bars
Bland, self-serving and naive, Vicky Price’s ‘prison memoir’ contains not a jot of insight or introspection
A Girl’s Best Friend
The gemstone traders on London’s Hatton Garden have witnessed huge changes in attitudes towards marriage, but diamonds are forever
Not In My Name
Outdated procedures make banks unfriendly places for married, working women
Family Values
Washing your dirty linen in public is all the rage, at the cost of precious family loyalty
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics