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From the NS archive: The theory of decadence

7 August 1915: Such a theory of necessary decadence is sheer rubbish, based upon bad logic, contradicted by palpable facts,…

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26 December 1975: A short story: in Malaysia the “orphans of empire” gather for a festive meal.

By Paul Theroux

2 January 1915: Since the war began I have never found Paris quite so depressing as it is this Christmas.

By New Statesman

3 January 1948: Harry Truman, Henry Wallace and the future of America.

By Norman Mackenzie

28 June 1924: The intellectual inadequacies of Stanley Baldwin

By New Statesman

1 July 1967: More people are going to use drugs anyway, whatever we do.

By Bruce Page

30 January 1937: What then, are we ordinary people to believe?

By New Statesman

29 December 1972: The law has got itself into a muddle about dogs and dog-lovers.

By CH Rolph