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| frequency = ten times per year
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| previous_editor = Daniel Johnson; Michael Mosbacher; Edward Lucas
| previous_editor = Daniel Johnson, 2008 - 2018; Michael Mosbacher, 2018 - 2019; Edward Lucas, 2019 - 2020
| category = politics, world affairs, arts and culture
| category = politics, world affairs, arts and culture
| company = [[Social Affairs Unit|Social Affairs Unit Magazines Limited]]
| company = [[Social Affairs Unit|Social Affairs Unit Magazines Limited]]
| firstdate = June 2008
| firstdate = June 2008
| finaldate = December 2020
| country = United Kingdom
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| language = English
| website = {{Official URL}}
| issn = 1757-1111
| issn = 1757-1111
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'''''Standpoint''''' is a monthly British cultural and political magazine. Its premier issue was published in June 2008.<ref name="Rajan">{{cite news |last1=Rajan |first1=Amol |title=Will Standpoint fall at the first hurdle? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/will-standpoint-fall-at-the-first-hurdle-1214898.html |access-date=24 September 2021 |work=The Independent |date=29 December 2008}}</ref>
'''''Standpoint''''' was a British cultural and political magazine, originally published monthly, that debuted in June 2008.<ref name="Rajan">{{cite news |last1=Rajan |first1=Amol |title=Will Standpoint fall at the first hurdle? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/will-standpoint-fall-at-the-first-hurdle-1214898.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/will-standpoint-fall-at-the-first-hurdle-1214898.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=24 September 2021 |work=The Independent |date=29 December 2008}}</ref> It ceased to be published regularly in 2020, with a final issue coming out in mid-2021.


''Standpoint'' is based in London and was co-founded by [[Daniel Johnson (journalist)|Daniel Johnson]], [[Miriam Gross]], [[Jonathan Foreman (journalist)|Jonathan Foreman]] and Michael Mosbacher; Johnson was its first editor,<ref>{{cite web|first=Oleksa |last= Semenchenko| url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2008/06/8c07d84f-2300-4b8d-ae6a-08311ce1aeba.html |title=World: 'Standpoint' Looks To Move The Earth |publisher= [[Radio Free Europe]]/[[Radio Liberty]] |date=June 1, 2008 |access-date=2011-12-13}}</ref> but announced that he was standing down in 2018.<ref name="The Londoner">{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/the-londoner-right-wing-mag-ready-to-relaunch-a4223996.html|title=The Londoner: Right wing mag ready to relaunch|date=August 29, 2019|website=www.standard.co.uk}}</ref>
''Standpoint'' was based in London and was co-founded by [[Daniel Johnson (journalist)|Daniel Johnson]], [[Miriam Gross]], [[Jonathan Foreman (journalist)|Jonathan Foreman]], and Michael Mosbacher; Johnson was its first editor,<ref>{{cite web|first=Oleksa |last= Semenchenko| url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2008/06/8c07d84f-2300-4b8d-ae6a-08311ce1aeba.html |title=World: 'Standpoint' Looks To Move The Earth |publisher= [[Radio Free Europe]]/[[Radio Liberty]] |date=June 1, 2008 |access-date=2011-12-13}}</ref> but announced that he was standing down in 2018.<ref name="The Londoner">{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/the-londoner-right-wing-mag-ready-to-relaunch-a4223996.html|title=The Londoner: Right wing mag ready to relaunch|date=August 29, 2019|website=www.standard.co.uk}}</ref>


In 2019, editor [[Edward Lucas (journalist)|Edward Lucas]] said that the magazine was to be "a lively champion of unfashionable causes such as the virtues of western civilisation and transatlanticism".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mayhew |first1=Freddy |title=Times columnist takes helm at monthly Standpoint magazine |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/times-columnist-takes-helm-at-monthly-standpoint-magazine/ |access-date=24 September 2021 |work=Press Gazette |date=2 September 2019}}</ref> Later that year, he also said: "We fight culture wars vigorously, mix polemic with mockery, and are all in favour of triggering people."<ref name="The Londoner" />
In 2019, editor [[Edward Lucas (journalist)|Edward Lucas]] said that the magazine was to be "a lively champion of unfashionable causes such as the virtues of western civilisation and transatlanticism".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mayhew |first1=Freddy |title=Times columnist takes helm at monthly Standpoint magazine |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/times-columnist-takes-helm-at-monthly-standpoint-magazine/ |access-date=24 September 2021 |work=Press Gazette |date=2 September 2019}}</ref> Later that year, he also said: "We fight culture wars vigorously, mix polemic with mockery, and are all in favour of triggering people."<ref name="The Londoner" />


The magazine is run by the [[Social Affairs Unit]], a spinoff charity of a neoliberal economic thinktank, the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]]. It is funded primarily by rich donors,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/can-prospect-and-standpoint-be-the-best-of-enemies-812040.html|title=Can 'Prospect' and 'Standpoint' be the best of enemies?|date=October 23, 2011|website=The Independent}}</ref> such as [[Jeremy Hosking]], who donated £850,000 in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/77f879be-877b-11e9-97ea-05ac2431f453|title=City financier Jeremy Hosking donates £850,000 to Standpoint magazine|first1=Lindsay|last1=Fortado|first2=Laurence|last2=Fletcher|date=June 17, 2019}}</ref> In 2008, [[Amol Rajan]] described ''Standpoint'' as "beautifully presented and intellectually aggressive, on seeing its first edition one former editor of a national broadsheet described it to ''The Independent'' as 'a [[Neoconservatism|neocon]] rag'".<ref name="Rajan"/>
The magazine was run by the [[Social Affairs Unit]], a spinoff charity of a neoliberal economic thinktank, the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]]. It was initially funded by British Marine chairman Alan Bekhor and then by other rich donors,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/can-prospect-and-standpoint-be-the-best-of-enemies-812040.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/can-prospect-and-standpoint-be-the-best-of-enemies-812040.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Can 'Prospect' and 'Standpoint' be the best of enemies?|date=October 23, 2011|website=The Independent}}</ref> such as [[Jeremy Hosking]], who donated £850,000 in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/77f879be-877b-11e9-97ea-05ac2431f453|title=City financier Jeremy Hosking donates £850,000 to Standpoint magazine|first1=Lindsay|last1=Fortado|first2=Laurence|last2=Fletcher|newspaper=Financial Times |date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website}}


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[[Category:2008 establishments in the United Kingdom]]

Latest revision as of 04:41, 14 November 2023

Standpoint
Executive editorAndreas Campomar
Former editorsDaniel Johnson, 2008 - 2018; Michael Mosbacher, 2018 - 2019; Edward Lucas, 2019 - 2020
Categoriespolitics, world affairs, arts and culture
Frequencyten times per year
First issueJune 2008
Final issueDecember 2020
CompanySocial Affairs Unit Magazines Limited
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
ISSN1757-1111

Standpoint was a British cultural and political magazine, originally published monthly, that debuted in June 2008.[1] It ceased to be published regularly in 2020, with a final issue coming out in mid-2021.

Standpoint was based in London and was co-founded by Daniel Johnson, Miriam Gross, Jonathan Foreman, and Michael Mosbacher; Johnson was its first editor,[2] but announced that he was standing down in 2018.[3]

In 2019, editor Edward Lucas said that the magazine was to be "a lively champion of unfashionable causes such as the virtues of western civilisation and transatlanticism".[4] Later that year, he also said: "We fight culture wars vigorously, mix polemic with mockery, and are all in favour of triggering people."[3]

The magazine was run by the Social Affairs Unit, a spinoff charity of a neoliberal economic thinktank, the Institute of Economic Affairs. It was initially funded by British Marine chairman Alan Bekhor and then by other rich donors,[5] such as Jeremy Hosking, who donated £850,000 in 2019.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rajan, Amol (29 December 2008). "Will Standpoint fall at the first hurdle?". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ Semenchenko, Oleksa (June 1, 2008). "World: 'Standpoint' Looks To Move The Earth". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
  3. ^ a b "The Londoner: Right wing mag ready to relaunch". www.standard.co.uk. August 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Mayhew, Freddy (2 September 2019). "Times columnist takes helm at monthly Standpoint magazine". Press Gazette. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Can 'Prospect' and 'Standpoint' be the best of enemies?". The Independent. October 23, 2011. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24.
  6. ^ Fortado, Lindsay; Fletcher, Laurence (June 17, 2019). "City financier Jeremy Hosking donates £850,000 to Standpoint magazine". Financial Times.
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