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- A lost paradise of purity: the late masterpieces of Schubert https://standpointmag.co.uk/a-lost-paradise-of-purity/ 24 comments
- Mozart’s Infinite Riches https://standpointmag.co.uk/issues/may-june-2020/mozarts-infinite-riches/ 20 comments
- The Healing Power of Birdsong https://standpointmag.co.uk/issues/may-june-2020/the-healing-power-of-birdsong/ 16 comments
- In just a few short weeks we have cast aside freedoms it took centuries to win https://standpointmag.co.uk/issues/may-june-2020/so-happy-to-be-serfs/ 5 comments
- Why T.S. Eliot still matters https://standpointmag.co.uk/issues/may-june-2020/why-t-s-eliot-still-matters/ 53 comments
- Overrated: Ludwig Wittgenstein https://standpointmag.co.uk/issues/september-october-2019/overrated-ludwig-wittgenstein/ 48 comments
- On the Road in 1980 https://standpointmag.co.uk/issues/july-august-2019/on-the-road/ 13 comments
- The rise of the indelibly-illustrated everyman https://standpointmag.co.uk/issues/june-2019/the-rise-of-the-indelibly-illustrated-everyman/ 67 comments
- How the Ancients can help the Moderns http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/7335/full 6 comments
- A portrait of the artists as a pair of young wastrels http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/6959/full 11 comments
- A new edition of Burke's writings, speeches, and essays http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/6429/full 2 comments
- Vinyl Revival Causes Discord http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/4433/full 2 comments
- "Healthy-mindedness pure and simple seems unspeakably blind and shallow" | On the tension between mysticism and pragmatism in the thought of William James https://standpointmag.co.uk/issues/march-2020/life-and-the-living/ 7 comments philosophy
- Overrated: Ludwig Wittgenstein https://standpointmag.co.uk/issues/september-october-2019/overrated-ludwig-wittgenstein/ 3 comments philosophy
- Brought to book: "Mathematics publishing is a soft touch. The publisher usually hasn't a clue, so they send the manuscript to someone like me to comment on. I used to be a soft touch too" https://standpointmag.co.uk/issues/april-2019/brought-to-book/ 14 comments math
- "Dispatches: From Eastern Europe to the East End" Notes on life among London's 500,000 Eastern Europeans http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/5252/full 3 comments europe
- We're Good Europeans Yet They All Hate Us | Standpoint --Christopher Caldwell on Germany on the Euro crisis http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/4365/full 8 comments europe
- Perennial Pawns --- Palestinians are best served by a settlement with the Israel and the creation of a Palestinian state appear poised to be the losers. For all the promise of the Arab Spring, their case may sadly demonstrate that the more things change, the more they stay the same. http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/4036/full 12 comments worldnews
- Hey Bookit, I was wondering if you could help me out by recommending some crime fiction books? http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/2045 6 comments books
- Salman Rushdie's Anger at Stewart for Inviting Cat Stevens (man who called for Rushdies murder) to Rally http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/3554 11 comments politics
- When Mao Tse-Tung launched the Cultural Revolution in May 1966, one of the principal targets of attack were intellectuals. But theirs was also a death warrant signed by fellow-travelling intellectuals in the West. http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/3439/full 14 comments worldnews
- Let's Kill Some of the Lawyers! http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/3386 5 comments reddit.com
- Dushanbe is not a real city. It isn't a real capital and Tajikistan is not a real country. The northern neighbour of Afghanistan is a failure with a flag, shiny passports and a gang of savvy criminals that calls itself a government. This buffer between the empires fell apart a long time ago. http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/3161/full 3 comments worldevents
- What are Universities For? http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/3156/full 3 comments philosophy