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Issue: March 2009

Dreams for their Children
The rise of Kenya's middle class offers the country, and the whole continent, hope for the future
Ellen Alpsten

Don’t Write off America
It's fashionable to say the US is in terminal decline. Don't bet on it - still less wish for it
George Walden

To Hell with Niceness
The spread of political 'compassion' has led to the breakdown of family and school discipline. The results have been catastrophic
Kenneth Minogue

A Strange Rush for the Exit
In a world where life appears to be getting better, why are we in the grip of a suicide epidemic?
Robin Aitken

From Treblinka to Tannenberg
A tour through Eastern Poland uncovers the wreckage of German military might
Simon Scott Plummer

Charles Krauthammer

The liberal-turned-neocon has a knack of creating phrases which best describe the moment

anonymous

Samantha Power
Obama's Dublin-born foreign policy adviser doesn't like Israel and may wreck Hillary Clinton's work
anonymous

How I Rewrote Polish History
Poland used to be written off as a failed state. But it has survived Nazism and communism to become a model for Europe
Adam Zamoyski

A Tale of Sadness and Forgetting
The Czech novelist Milan Kundera is accused of informing on an anti-communist as a student. Is there any truth in the charge?
Michael Weiss

The Dying of the Light

A German novelist reflects on his time working at a home for the mentally ill, and the moral dilemmas surrounding euthanasia that have shaped his writing life

Björn Kern

An autumn note
“For many, the end of this uneasy year cannot come quickly enough”
Andreas Campomar

An ordinary killing
Ian Cobain’s book uses the killing of Millar McAllister to paint a meticulous portrait of the Troubles
Chris Mullin

Greater—not wiser
John Mullan elucidates the genius of Charles Dickens
Anthony Quinn
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