Architecture
Deepdene: Rise and Fall of the House of Hope
The magnificent palazzo where Disraeli’s Young England group used to gather is long gone, but its grounds have now been restored
Osbert Lancaster
Skewering social stereotypes through interior decor
Bookish Brummies
Finally, Birmingham has the library it deserves, and its predecessor will be thankfully turned to rubble
Demolish the Relics of Yesterday’s Future
People want homes, not the “housing units” offered by tower blocks, yet planners continue to sanction these unloved monstrosities
The Beige of Beijing
‘When I asked my winsome Han tour guide what would happen when the skyscrapers collapsed, she said with cheerful gusto, “We’ll build them again!”’
Legends of the Urban Landscape
A provocative new book by Jonathan Meades asks us to reassess the value of the under-appreciated metropolitan environment
The West slumbers as its enemies run amok
Profound weaknesses leave us open to political warfare from Russia and China—weaknesses which they are ruthlessly exploiting
Routed by liberalism
How usury killed Christendom
Offences and defences
‘Standpoint is, as it has always been, a magazine for small-c conservatives and small-l liberals. But it is also for small-s socialists and small-g greens, and for those who resist pigeonholing on principle’