The former Scottish first minister ran rings round the committee questioning him as he made his fury clear. "...
Labour's 2019 voters aren't so different from the voters Keir Starmer is targeting, our Redfield & Wilton poll finds. That has...
Sir John Jenkins, former Ambassador to Libya, Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia, joins Emily Tamkin and Ido Vock on the World Review podcast "...
The government’s attempt to pretend that those who went to join Islamic State are not its problem will end in disaster. "...
Reports of corporation tax hikes have sparked a row on both sides of the Commons. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
The Nobel winner’s cryptic new novel is the result of a decades-long rejection of “well-formed” fiction. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img=""> ...
As lockdowns encourage people to turn to technology for social connection, distraction and exercise, VR no longer seems an overpriced or mystifying pastime. "...
The New Statesman is tracking the latest Covid-19 data on cases, hospitalisations and vaccinations "...
From Charles Dickens to the Dasgupta report, the story of the oyster holds gritty hope for conservation. "...
The loneliness of lockdown has weakened our social skills, but there is reason to believe they will recover. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
The Prime Minister may be forced to break his silence on the trade-offs of his Brexit deal for the UK. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
" data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img=""> The New Statesman is hiring an Editorial ...
A Writing Chance aims to discover talented new writers and prise open a persistently elitist industry. "...
Economists predict a new "Roaring Twenties" boom post-lockdown. But after the road-map announcement, I felt a trickle of fear between my ribs. "...
The economic misery imposed on Texans demonstrates how neoliberalism has created a rigged market and a client state. "...
A global lockdown has caused dramatic shifts in the economic landscape and focused markets on one sector. "...
In this new biopic, the director Lee Daniels has followed the example of Lady Sings the Blues by casting an established...
The artist’s output was vanishingly small, but extremely carefully composed. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img=""> In the...
The pianist, who died in February, was one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion – a deeply misunderstood genre. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
The Disappearing Act by de Changy, The Librarian by Morgan, A Bright Ray of Darkness by Hawke and The Art of Losing by Zeniter. ...
A nasty story from the Prime Minister's university days has reminded me that it is a fallacy to expect progress in those younger than...
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This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain – has run in the NS since 1934. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
What the New York Times report reveals about progressives’ difficult relationship with free speech. "...
The perpetual cycle of lockdowns has allowed us to experience a Hobbesian state, where society can only survive through the transfer of...
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img=""...
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in theNew Statesman magazine. "...
Far too late, there are signs that the UK government is learning from its earlier mishandling of the pandemic. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img=""...
With only nine deaths from Covid-19, the island's handling of the pandemic is a testament to the success of their democracy. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
A decade after the Arab Spring, the hopes of a generation have been crushed " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img=""> A miasma of tear...
While energy and the climate crisis remain hyper-politicised fronts of the culture war, urgent action seems improbable. "...
Use the New Statesman's trackers to monitor the state of the global effort to vaccinate the world against Covid-19. "...
