Disney’s Shardlake series is tediously anachronistic
Organic produce, everyday sexism, and cartoonish monks: I can’t take anything in this mist-shrouded adaptation seriously.
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Should romcoms be sincere or ironic?
The Fall Guy and The Idea of You offer two very different approaches to the genre – one playful, one…
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The NS Poem: Fast Music
A new poem by Hugo Williams.
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Should you lend money to Jeremy Hunt?
Investors are showing interest in government bonds at the moment – but there are pros and cons to taking on…
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When women fight back
Three accounts of women who met male brutality on its own terms reveal the limits of justice – both within…
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The rise of playlist politics
How digital choice has deepened the crisis of democracy.
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Joan Baez haunted by heartbreak
Poring over the lyrics to Taylor Swift’s new album, I’m reminded of another tortured muse.
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A raid on Russian assets would risk everything
Seizing Russia’s funds in Europe to arm Ukraine may be a tempting plan – but it could wreck the West’s…
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The wrench of standing down as an MP – my dream job since childhood
Also this week: Celebrating Harlow’s rebirth, and memories of being cared for by Nurse Nadine Dorries.
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Letter of the week: Context dependence
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Westminster parties engulfed by a cost-of-conference crisis
Your weekly dose of gossip from the corridors of power.
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This England: Rolling blunder
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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From Sunjeev Sahota to Jonn Elledge: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Dispersals by Jessica J Lee and All Things Are Too Small by Becca Rothfeld
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Scotland declares independence from the SNP
The party is now in serious trouble: divided, factionalised and beset by scandal.
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American men don’t know what “respecting women” means
If most male US voters believe that Donald Trump is respectful to women, how are they behaving in their own…
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The SNP’s agonies are simply democratic politics working
Humza Yousaf and his party have learned a painful lesson: many Scots are still social conservatives.
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Ireland can’t blame its anti-immigrant problem on Rishi Sunak
The sudden arrival of European-style populism in Irish politics is the result of 13 years of government complacency.
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What happened to the housing crash?
The real value of homes in the UK has dropped significantly and a long-term decay in value appears to be…
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George Robertson: Why Russia fears the European Union
The former Nato secretary general on his conversations with Vladimir Putin.
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The lonely land
Why are so many young people feeling so isolated? Is it because of smartphones, as the American social psychologist Jonathan…
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