Ben Judah
Anthem For The Forgotten Man
Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance’s memoir of his Appalachian upbringing, is required reading for understanding why Americans rejected Hillary
Islam and the French Republic
From inner-city Paris to la France profonde, immigration has changed everything
How Russia Is Ruled By The Putin Doctrine
Eurasian ideology, with its appeal to a glorious but bogus past, is assiduously promoted by the Kremlin to shore up the regime
Mutinous Talk In The Highlands
In rural Scotland there has been a surge in support for breaking up the estates
The Russians Are Coming
‘Like everyone else in Kiev my friend has been having nightmares’
Hunting the Lynx with the Old Believers
‘The first who came to Tuva had come in search of Belovode: a mythical Russian utopia that peasants believed existed out in Siberia’
‘The Yeti Hunts’
Ben Judah’s best Standpoint writing is now available as an ebook
From Eastern Europe to the East End
‘There is a whole Eastern European city of half a million people in London. More than 80 per cent have arrived since 2004. It is a city working in basic jobs, with a sprinkling of Russian aristocrats and Bosnian refugees.’
Letter from Ukraine: Reviving Lost Literature
Chernovtsy’s literary festival is an unexpected way for residents to connect with the Ukrainian city’s lost past
On Pilgrimage with the Hasids
‘Uman has been called the Hasidic Mecca and the Hasidic Glastonbury. Overwhelmingly, however, the pilgrimage is rejected as “un-Jewish”, even by other ultra-Orthodox Jews’
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