Bartle Bull
1,001 nights on the Tigris
A truly splendid work of erudition, storytelling and humanity
Not So Austere
The so-called rightward march towards “austerity” has shifted entirely into the territory of the big-spending Left
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