Scandinavia
Blame Game Shame
‘The new populism thrives in Scandinavia, where immigration has been sudden and driven by liberal elites advertising their humanitarian credentials’
Scandinavian Scandals
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
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
Oslo: Courage and Cowardice in Scandinavia
The cartoon controversy has cowed all the Nordic countries except Denmark
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal