The Staggers

The New Statesman’s rolling politics blog

Labour will ensure victims of crimes are no longer forgotten
10 April 2015
If Labour fight the SNP too hard, they risk harming themselves
10 April 2015
Cultural Capital

The latest on books and the arts

Neil MacGregor, Kevin Spacey and Nicholas Hytner: exeunt stage right
10 April 2015
In the Frame: News Blocker
10 April 2015
Media Mole

Digging up stories

Justine Miliband now has Instagram
09 April 2015
Porn star Johnny Rockard’s shameful double life as Ukip candidate revealed
09 April 2015
Voices

Views from elsewhere

Yes, the government has the ability to restrict our ability to see porn online. But would it ever dare to?
06 April 2015
Don't ask if porn "empowers" women - instead, ask if your feminism does
10 March 2015
Mehdi Hasan

A polemical take on politics, economics and foreign affairs

Mehdi Hasan: How Islamic is Islamic State?
10 March 2015
Mehdi Hasan: Five questions that trouble Ed Miliband’s many disillusioned supporters
12 February 2015
Helen Lewis

News and views about writing, eating, gaming and watching

Life is full of people with bad ideas and awful opinions. Try to meet as many at university as you can
02 April 2015
When Labour comes to terms with embarrassing Uncle Tony, it can finally start to defend its record
26 March 2015
Future Proof

Science, technology, and all things awesome with Ian Steadman

John Oliver gets to the crux of why the Snowden leaks matter: mass surveillance of dick pics
07 April 2015
Scientists buried biodegradeable plastics for three years, found it doesn't degrade
31 March 2015
Glosswitch

A feminist take on parenting and politics

Sussex police’s victim-blaming anti-rape campaign: why is it victims, not rapists, that must change their behaviour?
09 April 2015
How can a memoir convey the damage done by eating disorders, without passing it on?
31 March 2015
Killing Time

Phil Hartup on videogames

When will they stop setting video games in World War II?
07 April 2015
Elite: Dangerous shows there's a lot of fun to be had in being an interstellar delivery driver
30 March 2015
Anoosh Chakelian

Views, news and features on culture and politics

A manifesto launch with a difference: Left Unity attacks Labour from a Soho squat
31 March 2015
Coin tosses, spin rooms, and double the Dimbleby: how will the TV election debates work?
31 March 2015
Jamie Maxwell

Scotland and the break-up of Britain in 2014

Union blues: Was the referendum a transformative moment for Scottish politics?
26 February 2015
Scottish Labour abandoned social democracy to the SNP – and now it's paying the price
11 February 2015
Sarah Ditum

Politics for tired people

Why I changed my mind about porn
01 April 2015
Why rape suspects should not remain anonymous
26 March 2015
Ian Leslie

News about ideas, ideas about news

Cameron looks like a man who has lost his desire for the job - in politics as in sport, that's lethal
04 April 2015
The pursuit of power: Why Isis loves spreadsheets and mafia bosses build chapels
02 April 2015
Frances Robinson

Everything you want to know about Europe but were afraid to ask

An EU explainer for the easily bored: how much influence does the UK really have in Europe?
25 March 2015
An EU explainer for the easily bored: the cost to the UK
18 March 2015
Michael Brooks

Here comes the science bit

Chemistry may hold the answers to the mystery of life on earth
02 April 2015
The neuroscience of Jeremy Clarkson
26 March 2015
Frances Ryan

Thoughts and reports on inequality, from disability to gender

What has happened to the disabled people affected by the Coalition’s welfare reforms?
07 April 2015
It is shameful that Labour buys into the rhetoric that people who need welfare are scum
19 March 2015
Musa Okwonga

A little bit of everything. Culture, race, sport, and more

Why the UK media needs more writers of colour
24 March 2015
I care deeply about diversity in the arts, but I can’t help sympathising with James Blunt
20 January 2015
Caroline Crampton

Notes on politics, arts and entertainment

Four things we learned from the culture debate
08 April 2015
Meat is murder: Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel in Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum
02 April 2015
Power Trip

Margaret Corvid on desire, change and culture

If we liberate men’s sexuality, the war against women can end
16 January 2015
Why the next general election will be pivotal for sex worker rights
02 December 2014
Juliet Jacques

Exploring counter-culture in the arts, politics, sexuality and sport

A journey into the dark heart of sport: Anna Krien's "Night Games"
22 January 2015
Perish the thought: trying to impress the philosophy tutor
25 September 2014
Elizabeth Minkel

Exploring the shifting dynamics of fan culture

Why do we mock teenage girls who love One Direction when Top Gear fans are just the same?
31 March 2015
To build a fan base, it helps to know what it’s like to be a fan
12 December 2014
Myriam Francois-Cerrah

France, postcoloniality and all things south

Why are pregnant women being detained in Yarl’s Wood?
31 March 2015
Feminism has been hijacked by white middle-class women
13 February 2015
Jonn Elledge

Trying to understand why nothing bloody works

Ten years later, the new Doctor Who is still here
26 March 2015
The Tories want to give away houses to make sure we have enough houses
23 March 2015
Samira Shackle

On the margins: a look at race, culture, and world affairs

What is behind the resurgence of the AAP, India’s radical anti-corruption movement?
13 February 2015
Two years after the infamous Delhi gang rape, India’s women still aren’t safe
17 December 2014
Lez Miserable

Eleanor Margolis: sapphic cynic at large

Watch out for “Big Gay”: why the freedom to discriminate is a funny sort of freedom
07 April 2015
Films about queer women rarely stray from "lesbian drama" clichés – but things are improving
31 March 2015
Richard Morris

Thoughts on the Lib Dems, and how political spin works

Snooper's Charter: why restrict our freedom as a response to an attack on free speech?
13 January 2015
Could Nick Clegg be the price for a Lib Dem coalition with Labour?
08 January 2015
Kate Mossman on pop

Taking the long view on popular music

Writing the end: Kim Gordon's autobiography is a thoughtful story from inside an epic band
26 February 2015
Johnny Rotten: “You find the truth by ridiculing yourself”
22 December 2014