George McGavin Q&A: “All species live on the knife-edge of survival”
The entomologist on lush prehistoric forests and inescapable doom.
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The unbreakable spirit of Andy Murray
The Scottish tennis player has achieved a late-career grandeur and nobility.
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The mystery of Havana syndrome
This strange story from investigative journalist Nicky Woolf sits at the intersection of so many dark subjects.
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In search of a language of loss
Is there a correct way to mourn? When my mother died, I scoured the literature of grief for answers
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Boris Johnson is writing a memoir. Will we be able to trust it?
The problem with prime ministers’ autobiographies. Plus: self-indulgent podcasts, perfect pianos and the genius of Vermeer.
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The business forecast for 2023: An inflation rollercoaster and Elon Musk’s Twitter break-up
Predictions for a bumpy year ahead from the New Statesman’s business editor.
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The global affairs forecast for 2023: Crisis in Taiwan and Joe Biden’s second run
The New Statesman’s predictions for a turbulent year on the world stage.
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The geopolitical forecast for 2023: Divisions in the West and unrest on Russia’s borders
Predictions for a tumultuous year ahead.
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Subscriber of the Week: Kate Sweeny
Please email comments@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman’s subscriber of the week.
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As globalisation fragments, politics is again reigning supreme over economics
The golden age of macroeconomists’ influence is over. But don’t expect establishment macro to go quietly.
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Ben Judah’s Diary: time-travelling to the 1970s, leaky Westminster, and getting banned from Russia
Chairing a workshop with French and German politicians, I find that decline is not only a British phobia.
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Divisions over Ukraine are exposing the incoherence of German foreign policy
The departure of Christine Lambrecht is part of a longer trail of woe in the country's defence ministry.
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Letter of the Week: The new aristocracy
Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Christopher Harborne: the silent donor behind Brexit and Boris Johnson
The Thai-based businessman has given Johnson’s office £1m – the biggest donation ever to an MP. What does he hope…
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This England: Cottage pyre
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Leader: The Kremlin’s theory of victory
Despite repeated military failures, Vladimir Putin is signalling that he is prepared to destroy Ukraine rather than back down.
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How to save the NHS
Our medical editor spent New Year’s Day in A&E after his mother collapsed in church. In this personal essay he…
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Can Newsnight recapture its lost glory?
With declining viewing numbers and high-profile resignations at the flagship news programme, Victoria Derbyshire speaks on the troubles at the…
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Rishi Sunak’s biggest threat from the right isn’t Boris Johnson – it’s Reform UK
With rising support in the polls, Richard Tice’s party could become the future of populist politics in Britain.
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From radical to reactionary, Paul Johnson came to hate the left but never lost his rage
He’d once been a man of the left – a former editor of the New Statesman, no less – and…
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