Blogs
Welcome to our blog pages – an eclectic mix of comedy, politics, religion, culture and current affairs. Prepare to be challenged and entertained and don’t forget to comment!
Our Blog Index
A Different Way Of Thinking
How society approaches disability from the perspective of someone with autism.
Ben's Blog
New Statesman website editor Ben Davies's weekly ramblings plus feedback on hot online topics
Elections 2008
Newstatesman.com's unrivalled analysis of the key local and London mayoral elections 2008
Life at Findhorn
A weekly insight into life inside one of Britain's best known eco-villages – Findhorn – by resident Jonathan Dawson.
Science decoded
Paul Rodgers cuts through the technical jargon to explain what's really going on in science
The Faith Column
Every week a different believer gives the inside track on their religion or philosophy.
Recent blog posts
Paul Routledge's catacylsmic shift in allegiance
- 3 comments
- By Martin Bright
- 18 July 2008
Hazel Blears explains her opposition to IslamExpo and the politics of the Muslim Brotherhood-Hamas
- 28 comments
- By Martin Bright
- 18 July 2008
The blogosphere is set alight by David Cameron (well nearly), Blur v Evans and advising the Tories about skunk
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- By Paul Evans
- 18 July 2008
NS CultureTech offers a diversion from the things you really should be doing. Something for the weekend selects pearls from the deep mire of digital tat that fills your browser
- By Iain Simons
- 18 July 2008
There are even those who relish the idea of leaving Cameron in charge of the worsening economic situation
- 8 comments
- By Martin Bright
- 17 July 2008
The centre-right think tank Policy Exchange hosted a fascinating discussion on the UK's libel laws
- 10 comments
- By Martin Bright
- 16 July 2008
Is the credit crunch going to have an impact on guest numbers at eco-villages? Rhiannon Hanfman reveals this and more.
- By Rhiannon Hanfman
- 18 July 2008
How (and if) we might be able to travel freely between virtual worlds is already the source of some speculation which may now be made real before we anticipated
- By Iain Simons
- 15 July 2008
A Demos event worth turning up to
Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, was a must see event
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- By Martin Bright
- 15 July 2008
Goodbye Sian Berry, the 150th anniversary of Emmeline Pankhurst plus Tom Quinn, our Mormon correspondent, heads back to the States. And some strange memories of Madam Tussauds...
- By Ben Davies
- 15 July 2008
