A Dream of Scottish Secession
It is September 2016. The 1707 Act of Union lies rotting in the dustbin of history.
Underrated: Theodore Dalrymple
The iconoclastic doctor and writer whose diagnosis of the pathologies of the British underclass goes back decades has been thoroughly vindicated after England’s riots
ONLINE ONLY: 24 Hours in Peshawar
The historic city in Pakistan’s North West Frontier — home to the Smugglers’ bazaar, Khyber Pass and Grand Trunk Road — is seeing its rich culture eroded by religious fundamentalism
Oslo: Signing OFF on Human Rights
The alternative human rights conference highlights causes that are too often ignored or forgotten by organisations like Amnesty International
Exile on Jermyn Street
Blacklisted by Hollywood, my father Carl Foreman made a new life in Britain. But he never forsook the country of his birth, says Jonathan Foreman
Loose Cannon
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
Beirut: Blood on the Streets
‘Then the beating began. One of the new arrivals punched Christopher hard in the face. Two others grabbed his arm and started dragging him across the street. For the first time the Hitch looked scared’
Mumbai: On the ‘Slumdog’ Trail
Standpoint‘s Writer-At-Large visits the slums of Mumbai to assess the Oscar-winning film
Four Days of Terror in Mumbai
A city in the grip of rumour and recrimination—an eye-witness account of the jihadi attacks and their aftermath
Booby Prize
White Tiger by Aravind Adiga