This England: Up, boy! Up!
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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The Chelsea Flower Show goes green
A focus on rewilding and sustainability has not diminished what the world-famous garden show does best.
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In defence of the new Luddism
The AI boom poses a threat to copyright, privacy and human rights – but no technology should be above the…
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The NS Poem: Civet de Cerf
A new poem by Pascale Petit.
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Inside the mind of Franz Kafka
A revelatory edition of his diaries and a new biography upend the simplified myth of the anguished writer.
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Letter of the week: Where water privatisation leads
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Ambassador Farage opens door to Team Trump for Lammy
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Britain’s long search for growth
Since the financial crash the UK has failed to reinvent its economy. Can Labour break the cycle of low growth…
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The rise and decline of the No 10 Policy Unit
Fifty years ago, Harold Wilson instituted the team of advisers that would help shape modern Britain. Will Keir Starmer learn…
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Trapped by apps
Thanks to the digitisation of everyday essentials, we waste a far greater proportion of our lives on admin than our…
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Rishi Sunak’s right-wing pantomime impresses no one
The Prime Minister’s performative populism and unending U-turns are acts in a music-hall farce.
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The Labour PR gold rush has begun
The banks, lobbyists and public relations firms are all lining up to cash in on a Keir Starmer premiership.
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What Keir Starmer needs to tell Britain
To win big in the general election, the Labour leader must offer a vision that raises the country’s heart rate.
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Dan Poulter: “I voted for policies that I would not now vote for”
The doctor and Tory defector Dan Poulter on the state of the NHS and where his former party went wrong.
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The new Great Game
As China and the US compete for power and resources, Europe is left a bystander.
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Walking into the past
Exploring London’s ragged borderland offers new perspectives on love, loss and the ephemeral nature of life.
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The silent stones of Europe’s wars
Eighty years after D-Day, how should Britain remember those who died?
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The Clarksonification of the countryside
Also this week: AI enters the classroom, and the British obsession with gardening vs Brexit red tape.
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An ICC warrant for Netanyahu will divide Europe
A call for the Israeli leader’s arrest – just as Ireland, Norway and Spain move to recognise a Palestinian state…
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Writing America, from the outside
Succession is a show about the heart of US power, created by a non-American. Is that wise, or even legitimate?
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