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Heritage

The Cruiser
Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917-2008): A tribute to Ireland's greatest modern public intellectual
Roy Foster

A Home of their Own

The relocation of the law lords to their new Supreme Court, at the Middlesex Guildhall, is a good move

James Clasper

Gone are our Frontier Values

‘The objection to pooftahs was indeed characteristic of Australians, even clever ones’

Jamie Whyte

Il Miglior Fabbro
Five hundred years after his birth, Andrea Palladio continues to influence architecture
Bruce Boucher

The Bread with the Hole
The Bagel by Maria Balinska
Robert Low

All Human Life is Here
The Arabian Nights translated by Malcolm C. Lyons with Ursula Lyons, introduced and annotated by Robert Irwi
Eric Ormsby

Steady on Parade
Standpoint's Mole in the Cavalry and Guards Club salutes an institution that has adapted and survived
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A Norwegian Thatcher?
The leader of Norway's Progress Party, Siv Jensen, has a good chance of winning next year's election. In an interview with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson, she explains her views; Bruce Bawer explains the background to her meteoric career
Siv Jensen and Bruce Bawer

They Just Don’t Get It
Many Britons - and even some Americans - have a false idea of what the US is really like. Are Hollywood and TV to blame?
Jonathan Foreman

Traditional Gravestones, RIP
In the age of the text-message, British gravestones are becoming less austere
Anthony Daniels

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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