The Aesthetes: When Kitsch Was Avant-Garde
We may sneer at the Victorian aesthetes, but is the sloppier, more cynical art of today any healthier?
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
This is England
‘England is perceived by my Continental friends as being a country that is all about belonging or not belonging’
Beacon of Liberty Amid Depression
Just over 70 years ago, a group of intellectuals met in Paris to revive liberalism. Their views have an eerie echo today
A Foreign Affair: David Bowie in Berlin
Haunted by Isherwood's shade, the British musician flirted with fascism, then became a hero to the youth of the communist East
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