Camilla Nord Q&A: “I do at least one handstand every day”
The neuroscientist on the predictive brain, Rory Stewart and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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I had an epiphany. I had fallen in love with a café
It’s not trendy, but you can always get a table and there’s a soothing background hum of coffee brewing and…
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From Alpa Shah to Michael Taylor: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Language City by Ross Perlin and The Observable Universe by Heather McCalden.
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JK Rowling is right to scorn Scotland’s new Hate Crime Act
The SNP sees itself as a vanguard of progressive values. But this priggish law is at odds with the notion…
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The German SPD’s foolish attachment to Putin’s Russia
Olaf Scholz’s centre-left party refuses to abandon its nostalgic ties to Moscow – and is paying a heavy political price.
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Rishi Sunak’s reverse Midas touch
Gripped by poll fever, the Prime Minister has cast about for a golden vote-winning policy – damaging his prospects at…
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John Healey: “Britain has a lot to learn from Ukraine’s resilience”
Labour’s shadow defence minister on how to bolster national security, dealing with Trump, and selling arms to Israel.
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Daniel Defoe in the Potteries
Also this week: my experience of homelessness, and why I’m running the London Marathon.
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George Galloway makes the top three flightiest MPs of all time
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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This England: Should’ve gone to Spikesavers
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Letter of the week: Articles of faith
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Shaking hands with Islamic State
When James Foley was murdered in Syria in 2014, his mother’s search for redemption began.
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The fragile crown
In an age of social media and conspiracy, the royal family is trapped between what it wants and what the…
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The Civil War never ended
The questions that sent Americans to war with each other in the late 19th century still shape the country.
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Hitler, Putin and the information wars
Peter Pomerantsev’s new book shows how Second World War propaganda tactics are being used by the Kremlin today.
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The Nordic parenting myth
Scandinavians are not better parents – but their politicians, unlike Britain’s, understand that childcare is a social good.
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Escape from the oldest hatred
In Rachel Cockerell’s Melting Point, the forgotten story of America’s Jewish homeland sheds light on the tragedies of the present.
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Subscriber of the week: Emily Pringle
Please email zuzanna.lachendro@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be featured.
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Jackie Kay Q&A: “Audre Lorde told me: ‘You can be black and Scottish’”
The poet and novelist on Bessie Smith, Coronation Street and being a night owl.
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Inside the collapse of the Tavistock Centre
Why the world’s largest gender clinic for children is closing.
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