As a deadline approaches, I become a master of distraction
The problem with being paid upfront is that one feels the work has somehow magically been done already.
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The larger-than-life choreography of (LA)Horde
The collective’s eclectic, unconventional productions somehow work.
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I’ve learned to love the Disaster House. But will it love me back?
When we moved in there was a sadness in the crumbling walls. Now, the house seems able to breathe again.
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This England: To Enderby and beyond
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Mary & George is improbable, overblown and really quite rude
Despite its melodrama and cliches, this series about sex in the royal bedchamber is just a little bit mesmerising.
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The case against therapy in schools
A provocative new book argues that the therapy industry is exacerbating our children’s mental health crisis.
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Robbie Robertson’s sounds of America
In the Sixties, the Canadian musician defined Americana. On his score for Killers of the Flower Moon, he blew it…
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Britain’s new oligarchy
Tom Burgis’s Cuckooland shows how the power to shape our politics is available to the highest bidder.
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Origin: an awkward adaptation of complex race theory
Ava DuVernay’s take on Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste is a lesson in the history of prejudice – and the perils of…
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Why the Home Office manipulated the news
No wonder the ministerial department sneaked out its immigration reports. They are damning.
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Sadiq Khan’s silent city
London is no “24-hour city”. It struggles to stay up beyond midnight.
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The narcotopian dilemma
Why liberal societies are helpless in the face of the global illegal drugs trade.
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The Chancellor’s biggest budget giveaway is to his own re-election campaign
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: Reframing farming
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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The economic consequences of the miners’ strike
The NUM’s defeat in 1985 marked the end of the social democratic era – and the creation of the market…
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Steve Reed: “Farmers feel shafted by this government”
The shadow environment secretary on what voters want and how to make Labour the “party of the countryside”.
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Britain’s fiscal fantasies
Rather than address a broken public realm and long-term economic stagnation, the Conservatives have chosen to prioritise tax cuts.
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Michael Sheen: Why Kemi Badenoch is wrong about Port Talbot
The actor on arguing with the Tory MP, going on stage in pyjamas, and his new series The Way.
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From John Berger to Jenny Kleeman: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Power Up by Yasmin Ali and Ghost Pains by Jessica Jezewska Stevens.
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Rishi Sunak’s paranoid talk of “extremists” is dangerous for us all
Fringe politicians from George Galloway to the hard right are trying make Islamism a big election issue. For decency and…
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