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September 2008

The leading Western historian of Stalinism's horrors first met Alexander Solzhenitsyn when the novelist was expelled from the USSR in 1974. Here he recalls his genius and his courage
The death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn finds the world, not for the first time, faced with a need to understand him, and to understand Russia. His life since his release from jail was devoted to powerful writing about the horrors of Stalinism – and also about its stupidities and its nastiness.
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ONLINE ONLY: The UN Human Rights Council: Not Fit for Purpose
ADAM LEBOR
As the UN General Assembly begins its 63rd session, the Human Rights Council makes a mockery of UN Ideals.
What Do We Mean by 'Art'?
RICHARD EYRE
Art is not culture or entertainment, it is complexity, the 'I' in life, ambition, the ambiguity of humanity, serious about itself
The End of 'Chimerica'
NIALL FERGUSON
The delicate balance of power between China and American is unstable and the geopolitical consequences will affect us all
 
Would You Mind Turning It Down?
PETER WHITTLE
When I tried to confront anti-social behaviour, nobody dared to back me up. So what's wrong with us?
France Finally Forgets Vichy
ALLAN MASSIE
The humiliation of 1940 has cast a baleful shadow over France's postwar history. Can Nicolas Sarkozy, the first president too young to be tainted by it, usher in a new era?
PHILIP BOBBITT AND MICHAEL GOVE
The presidential adviser and author of Terror and Consent, Philip Bobbitt, shares his ideas on the war on terror in a Standpoint dialogue with Conservative politician and author of Celsius 7/7, Michael Gove