Michael Maclay
The modern Julien Sorel
‘Pride of place in Emmanuel Macron’s presidential office goes to Le Rouge et le Noir. Does he recognise in himself the characteristics that enabled Julien Sorel to fly so close to the sun before he crashed and burned?’
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’