Sibelius’s symphony without sequel
The composer lived for 33 years after his Symphony No 7 premiered a century ago. But he could never follow…
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Confessions of a City trader
Gary Stevenson’s rags-to-riches memoir exposes a system where the rich can’t lose and the economy is choked by inequality.
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Europe’s consensus on climate is crumbling
With farmers in revolt and the far right surging, is Ursula von der Leyen about to wreck her own green…
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This England: Chewie couture
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Mark Drakeford doesn’t understand Wales
The First Minster’s socialism is numb to the realities of Welsh life – just look at farming.
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Elon Musk’s fight against workers’ rights
The billionaire is leading corporate America’s latest assault on working people.
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A travelling tribute to James Baldwin
Also this week: Underdressed in snowy New York, the beauty of book covers, and delighting in London’s diversity.
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Angry Anderson now chairs the Tory party’s Unpopularity Committee
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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From Marianna Spring to Jason Okundaye: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring a lost memoir by Harry Edward and The Painter’s Daughters by Emily Howes.
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The new paranoid style
The Conservative Party has succumbed to ideology and has turned on the British institutions it once revered: the judiciary, the…
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Letter of the week: Independent perspective
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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The myth of “the West”
Our simplistic attitude to Western civilisation overlooks the global trade and culture that created it.
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What is Brick Lane without bagels?
What the fate of a beloved East End bagel shop tells us about our changing cities.
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How the Israel-Gaza war broke British politics
The UK is sliding towards Trumpian divisive politics, hate not hope. Calm and proportion are badly needed.
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The QE theory of everything
How the $30 trillion quantitative easing experiment reshaped our world – from Brexit to the dominance of Big Tech.
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How to get kicked out of the band
An entertaining study of sacked musicians reveals the tensions that give pop its power.
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Journal of an American plague year
Eric Klinenberg’s study of New York’s struggle with Covid in 2020 reveals a society riven by racism and discontent.
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After disregarding the simple snowdrop, I now see its beauty
The passion for these modest winter flowers has taken off in the past 20 years. And I have become a…
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Anna Burns’s Milkman and the politics of hatred
Her Belfast-set novel upended my understanding of the Catholic Church and its history of prejudice.
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From Lucas Rijneveld to Amitav Ghosh: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Unearthing by Kyo Maclear and Six Stories by Stefan Zweig.
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