The edge of anarchy
Donald Trump’s second term will hasten American decline, at a time when Russia and China are also in crisis.
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Did the Tories create modern Britain?
A revisionist history claims the postwar consensus was shaped by Conservative visions.
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New Year, same American violence
The US’s acceptance of deadly crime and political bloodshed goes far deeper than its addiction to guns.
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The year ahead: Can Labour escape decline in 2025?
Keir Starmer needs to prove he is more than a crisis manager.
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The best art exhibitions to see in 2025
From 14th-century Siena to female modernists, the year’s most exciting exhibitions chart an evolving Western tradition.
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Danny Sriskandarajah: “It is no wonder young people are losing hope”
The head of the New Economics Foundation on global disillusionment with democracy.
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The year ahead: Can Kemi Badenoch rescue the Tories?
Labour has left her an open goal – her future depends on taking it.
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The year ahead: Russia is on course to win the war in Ukraine
How did we get here?
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Elton John’s The Devil Wears Prada musical can’t improve on the film
The songs don’t stick, and the fashion is more The Only Way Is Essex than made in Milan.
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The political annexation of America’s swing state media
Plus: Jason Cowley’s New Statesman legacy, and how crypto bought the US election.
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The Church of England has been my life’s work. What has it done to my soul?
This Christmas is not an easy one for the Church – but fundamentally, its mission has not changed.
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This Christmas, spare a thought for the world’s richest man
For disruptors like Elon Musk, the statement of intent is all. What happens next – such as running a new…
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Richard Bates: “When is a pile of stones not just a pile of stones?”
The geophysicist and archaeologist on uncovering Petra’s secrets.
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The gospel according to Dolly Parton
Also this week: Good King Wenceslas’s winter fuel allowance and grumpy monks.
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Half-time honours for the Premier League season 2024-25
Highlights include: Jude’s flair, long hair and the end of an earpiece for Gary Lineker.
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Subscriber of the week: Vicky Cattell
Please email zuzanna.lachendro@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be featured.
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Adieu, Groucho Club
An establishment where my heart and my lighter were stolen.
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Christmas disease is not as festive as it sounds
The story of Stephen Christmas – for whom the clotting condition was named – highlights both medical advances and the…
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At “Mini Christmas” with my friends I will measure my life against theirs
Like tides, we go out and come back again. But our annual gathering has become part of the rhythm of…
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This England: Astronomical blunder
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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