The Magazine
January 2009
Bearhugged by Uncle Vlad
Germany's fawning attitude towards Putin stems from a belief that Russia is the nearest thing it has to a colony
Features
Four Days of Terror in Mumbai
A city in the grip of rumour and recrimination - an eye-witness account of the jihadi attacks and their aftermath
A Novel Way to Treat a Writer
I have been inundated with emails from GCSE and A-level students who want me to spoonfeed answers on their set texts
Honourable Conspirators
The officers who tried to kill Hitler were spurred on by a deep sense of shame and guilt
Saving Gemma from Her Carers
If ‘localism’ is to succeed, more power should be given to the people, not local government
China's Rural Nightmare
As the global economic crisis hits home, Beijing faces what the country's rulers have always feared - a peasants' revolt
Don't Worry, Be Happy
You want it, you deserve it! That's the misleading message of a thousand self-help guides to instant bliss
Dialogue
More Popular than Jesus: The Hubris of the Music Industry
The tenor Ian Bostridge and the historian Tim Blanning discuss popular and classical music with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson
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