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Russian spider spins its web
Putin’s propagandists are running rings round the West, aided by naive and ignorant media outlets
Journalists make awful politicians
The late Peter Preston despaired of reporters and columnists who join political movements
Twitter: storms ahead
The company could be in danger as governments crack down on irresponsible internet giants
Ignorance is the BBC’s bliss
The new presenters of Front Row proudly parade their contempt for the arts they are covering
A drama dethroned
Game of Thrones is more than just sex and violence. But HBO has run out of story and it shows
Inside the Caliphate
It has its faults, but Peter Kosminsky’s Islamic State drama bravely tackles a difficult subject
Know your jihadi next door
The makers of a documentary about British jihadists shown on Channel 4 deserve our thanks
A State Of Deception
The BBC shouldn’t call IS “so-called Islamic State”. That’s what it is, whether we like it or not
Nothing Beyond Their Slogans
Brexiteers, Corbynistas and Trump supporters share one thing: no coherent policies
The New Romantics
The modern obsession with “being yourself” has led to attention-seeking charlatanry
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