Is the BBC afraid of satire?
After a succession of programme cancellations, fear is spreading that the corporation doesn’t think it can afford to make fun…
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Did Rupert Murdoch snub Liz Truss?
Unlike other Tory PMs, she never got a chance to meet the media magnate.
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A decade on from the New Statesman’s 100th anniversary, I’m flushed with reminiscence
During the austerity decade, life at the magazine was coloured by gifted colleagues and celebrity guest edits.
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John Gray on 110 years of the New Statesman: “I regret I didn’t criticise Tony Blair more”
The philosopher on his time writing for the magazine as an essayist and critic, 1996-present.
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Claire Tomalin on 110 years of the New Statesman: “I felt at home”
The biographer recalls her time as the magazine’s literary editor, 1974-1977.
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André Carrilho on 110 years of the New Statesman: “Putin has grown puffier”
The illustrator on working with the magazine since 2014.
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Rowan Williams on 110 years of the New Statesman: “I’m unrepentant about my guest-edit”
The former Archbishop of Canterbury on his time as a commissioning editor and critic, 2011-present.
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Cristina Odone on 110 years of the New Statesman: “We struck nerves”
The journalist recalls her time as the magazine’s deputy editor, 1998-2004.
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Ralph Steadman on 110 years of the New Statesman: “I’d enjoy drawing Trump’s demise”
The illustrator on working with the magazine since 1976.
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Julian Barnes on 110 years of the New Statesman: “I did Martin Amis’s dirty work”
The novelist recalls his time as the magazine's deputy literary editor and TV critic, 1976-1981.
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Ian Hargreaves on 110 years of the New Statesman: “Mandelson was a charmer and a bully”
The journalist and academic recalls his time as the magazine’s editor, 1996-1998.
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Jemima Khan on 110 years of the New Statesman: “I felt bad about my Nick Clegg interview”
The screenwriter recalls her time as the magazine’s associate editor, 2011-2015.
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“It was an absolute riot”: nine New Statesman political editors reunite
As the magazine turns 110, its lobby team reflect on four tumultuous decades of the Westminster beat.
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Andrew Marr and Jackie Ashley on 110 years of the New Statesman: “There wasn’t too much rivalry”
The married couple recall their respective times as the magazine’s political editor.
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Spoiler alert: the Daily Mail does not do spoiler alerts
Succession fans found out a huge plot point via the newspaper’s front page.
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Richard Ingrams: “Journalism is a drug: you can’t give it up”
The veteran editor on satire, libel and Private Eye.
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The rise of Britain’s pantomime right
A nonsensical, camp new conservatism is being born on GB News.
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“New ideas”? Axed Times columnist addresses the elephant in the room
After 18 years David Aaronovitch was mysteriously let go from Rupert Mudroch’s paper, but he feels “free at last”.
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The irony of the Daily Mail pursuing privacy
The newspaper’s court victory could backfire on its reporting – and the media in general.
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Extinction Rebellion makes a splash on ‘Fleet Street’
Not before plastering the wrong building in green paint.
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