Jump to content

Standpoint (magazine)

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by AFreshStart (talk | contribs) at 19:40, 24 September 2021 (May 2008 notice). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Standpoint
Executive editorAndreas Campomar
Categoriespolitics, world affairs, arts and culture
Frequencyten times per year
First issueJune 2008
CompanySocial Affairs Unit Magazines Limited
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.standpointmag.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata
ISSN1757-1111

Standpoint is a monthly British cultural and political magazine.

Its launch was noted in May 2008; two months later, the magazine's launch publisher lost his appointment and left the title.[1][2] Its premier issue was published in June 2008.[3]

Standpoint is based in London and was co-founded by Daniel Johnson, Miriam Gross, Jonathan Foreman and Michael Mosbacher; Johnson was its first editor,[4] but announced on 11 December 2018 that he was standing down.[5][non-primary source needed]

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".[6] Later that year, he also said: "We fight culture wars vigorously, mix polemic with mockery, and are all in favour of triggering people."[7]

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,[8] such as Jeremy Hosking, who donated £850,000 in 2019.[9] 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 neocon rag'".[3]

References

  1. ^ McNally, Paul (21 July 2008). "Standpoint launch publisher leaves after two months?". Press Gazette. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ "The Feral Beast". The Independent. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b Rajan, Amol (29 December 2008). "Will Standpoint fall at the first hurdle?". The Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  4. ^ Semenchenko, Oleksa (June 1, 2008). "World: 'Standpoint' Looks To Move The Earth". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
  5. ^ "After more than ten years, founder of Standpoint magazine Daniel Johnson stands down as Editor" Archived 2019-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, Standpoint website, accessed 13 January 2019
  6. ^ Mayhew, Freddy (2 September 2019). "Times columnist takes helm at monthly Standpoint magazine". Press Gazette. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  7. ^ "The Londoner: Right wing mag ready to relaunch". www.standard.co.uk. August 29, 2019.
  8. ^ "Can 'Prospect' and 'Standpoint' be the best of enemies?". The Independent. October 23, 2011.
  9. ^ Fortado, Lindsay; Fletcher, Laurence (June 17, 2019). "City financier Jeremy Hosking donates £850,000 to Standpoint magazine".

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.chped.com/w/index.php?title=Standpoint_(magazine)&oldid=1046267863"