When my baseball cap blew off I lost much more than a hat
My experiences in storms suggest that I was put here for a purpose. If so, what is it?
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Mike Brearley: “I would hum Beethoven as Michael Holding ran in to bowl”
The former cricketer on his memories of the Second World War, Barack Obama and literary festivals.
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From Paul Auster to Kelly and Zach Weinersmith: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Reckoning by V and Eyeliner by Zahra Hankir.
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The horrors of the Upskirt Decade
In a new book on the vicious media misogyny of the Noughties, the recent past has never felt more remote.
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“Associate” medics were meant to assist doctors, not replace them
GP practices have been able to hire physician associates, and what they are allowed to do has gone under the…
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Anatomy of a Fall is a Hitchcockian thriller with depth
Justine Triet’s superb work of psychological suspense elevates the genre.
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Sam Bankman-Fried and the effective altruism delusion
Will the idealist philosophy survive the conviction of its crypto king?
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Does AI know you better than you know yourself?
As stretched mental health services turn to tech solutions, Silicon Valley is cashing in – with sometimes alarming consequences.
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Could Hezbollah’s leader ignite a regional war?
Hassan Nasrallah's forces are poised on Israel's border. Is he about to open a new front in the conflict?
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Tzipi Livni: “A ceasefire isn’t a solution”
Israel’s former foreign minister on how the Gaza conflict could end.
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Subscriber of the Week: Daniel Tierney
Please email zuzanna.lachendro@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be featured.
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This England: To wake the dead
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Peace can still be salvaged in Gaza
Unbearable trauma will make a political solution difficult for Israelis and Palestinians, but it is clear the status quo is…
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Countries can bear the West’s sanctions – but not its moralising
Even Australia pulled out of trade talks with the EU because it could not subject itself to European finger-wagging.
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My investigation into Russell Brand
Also this week: how Friends defined a generation, and the charm of children’s TV.
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The spectre of jihadi terror
Within militant Islamic factions, sectarian rivalries count for less than the desire for destruction.
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Shabana Mahmood tests Keir Starmer’s leadership
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: Temperate conservatism
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Matthew Perry was brave to speak about addiction without full recovery
We love a reformed addict story, but admitting to the existence of failure can be a freeing gift to someone…
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Sahra Wagenknecht’s new left conservatism
Europe’s leaders are keenly watching the German breakaway party.
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