For those graduating this summer: consider the generations to come
A university education gives you disproportionate freedom, power and potential. It’s a real responsibility.
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The vice-president vs Donald Trump
Is Kamala Harris up to the job?
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The secrets of the heath
To see the beauty of these dwindling acres, you must focus on what is at your feet.
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Stuart Weir: The editor who shaped a country
In 1988, the New Statesman’s campaigning leader devised Charter 88 – a call to arms that radically transformed Britain’s political…
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Labour’s anti-intellectual moment
The past three decades have seen the Everymanification of British politics.
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Marc Bloch: a warning from Europe’s past
According to Emmanuel Macron, the best analysis of the dangers facing the continent today comes from a French historian who…
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The fragile state
Why the British seem increasingly incapable of governing themselves.
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EU leaders are pushing the hard right to form a united front
Sidelining Giorgia Meloni may have unwittingly taught her how to work around the union’s rules.
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Can Kamala Harris save America?
The vice-president is the Democrats’ last best hope of beating Donald Trump.
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Labour’s stormy summer
Britain is poised between hope and fear as Keir Starmer surveys the challenges ahead.
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The best children’s books for summer 2024
Find dreams of better worlds in new books for young readers.
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Joe Biden inflicted avoidable chaos on the Democrats
The US president’s substantial patriotism was ultimately outweighed by his vanity.
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Britain’s justice system is still failing women
A former judge reveals how the law is loaded against victims of rape and domestic violence.
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Subscriber of the week: Keith Morley
Contact zuzanna.lachendro@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be featured.
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Anne Applebaum Q&A: “Pessimism is irresponsible”
The journalist and author on Nancy Drew, French secret agents, and society's inability to regulate social media algorithms.
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A new government, and I had a seat at the side-table of history
After I celebrated the end of Tory chaos in grand style, even my dreams have resolved to be nicer.
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Thought experiment 1: The Chinese Room
The American philosopher John Searle’s defence of human intelligence now has to confront today’s sophisticated AI algorithms.
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The martyring of Elliott Smith
The indie-rock artist’s posthumous status as a “torment saint” is an ill-fitting reputation.
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At Hyde Park, Stevie Nicks is a powerful presence
The Fleetwood Mac singer is 76 years old – but she doesn’t sound it.
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The Jetty: Yet another laughable, insulting show about crimes against women
I’m weary of listening to homilies about male violence from characters who are otherwise strikingly inarticulate.
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