Anna Aslanyan
Music, Terror, Garlic Amulets
Julian Barnes’s ‘The Noise of Time’
Ladies’ Man Of Art
The formidable critic Dave Hickey turns 75 this month
Voice Of Dystopia
The Nobel laureate for literature Svetlana Alexievich gives voice to the voiceless
Russia’s not so Lovable Rogue
An account of Eduard Limonov’s adventurous life, that’s a bit too heavy on admiration
Mentioned in Dispatches
Letters from London and Europe by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, tranlated by J. G. Nichols
Can Kasparov Checkmate Putin?
On and off the chessboard, the ex-world champion is a fighter. Now the man who has led the struggle for Russian democracy talks to Standpoint
The West slumbers as its enemies run amok
Profound weaknesses leave us open to political warfare from Russia and China—weaknesses which they are ruthlessly exploiting
Routed by liberalism
How usury killed Christendom
Offences and defences
‘Standpoint is, as it has always been, a magazine for small-c conservatives and small-l liberals. But it is also for small-s socialists and small-g greens, and for those who resist pigeonholing on principle’