The The quarterly magazine of conservative thought Soviet Britain Piracy Old and Modern Heresies Theodore Dalrymple New Brian Ridley Eric Grove The Road to Real Prince Charles India’s General Education and the Architects Election Charles Brickdale Jan Maciag S V Raju Autumn 2009 £4.99 Vol. 28 No 1 Contents 3 Editorial Articles 4 Soviet Britain 19 Crime as it is Spun Theodore Dalrymple Christie Davies 6 ‘Soviet Medicine’ 21 The Road to Real Education Charles Percival Charles Brickdale 8 Global Meltdown 22 Piracy Jonathan Story Eric Grove 11 Morality and the ‘Bottom Billion’ 25 Prince Charles and the Architects Kenneth Minogue Jan Maciag 14 Modern Heresies in Science 26 Hegel from the Right Brian Ridley Grant Havers 16 15th Indian General Election 28 Front National: an Autopsy S V Raju J L J di Costanzo Columns Arts & Books 38 Ian Crowther 30 Roy Kerridge on John Gray 31 Conservative Classic — 36 39 Sandra Clark Alone in Berlin, Hans Fallada on Milton 33 Reputations — 25 41 Anthony Daniels R G Collingwood on Cybertechnology 35 Future Perfect 42 Clifford Middleton Myles Harris on Secularism 37 Eternal Life 43 Grant Havers Peter Mullen on Nixon, Marcuse et al 44 John Jolliffe on the Quintons 36 Letters 45 Helen Szamuely on Spies 46 Tom Burkard on Truancy 47 Jeremy Worman on Novels 48 Dennis O’Keeffe on The Crash 50 Russell Lewis on Educating the Poor 51 Alistair Miller on Education Today 51 Film: Katharine Szamuely on Katyn 54 Art: Andrew Lambirth on American Art 55 Music: Nigel Jarrett on Vernon Handley 57 In Short The Third Marquis of Salisbury Managing Editor Merrie Cave Consulting Editors Roger Scruton Lord Charles Cecil Myles Harris Mark Baillie Christie Davies Literary Editor Ian Crowther 33 Canonbury Park South, London N1 2JW Tel: 020 7226 7791 Fax: 020 7354 0383 E-mail:
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