The Staggers

The New Statesman’s rolling politics blog

UKIP's membership surges towards 30,000
21 May 2013
How Cameron is misleading over prosecutions for price fixing
21 May 2013

Cultural Capital

Reflections on books and the arts from the New Statesman culture desk

Incoming: Aleksander Hemon, James Salter and Emily Berry at the Southbank Centre
20 May 2013
Brits think Eurovision is all politics
17 May 2013

The Old Statesman

Notes from the NS archive

3 July 2000: Does protest need a vision?
02 May 2013
When the NS met Malcolm X
29 April 2013

Austerity and its discontents

A group blog on Europe edited by Daniel Trilling

Too early for good news from Greece
10 May 2013
FILM: "Into the Fire: the Hidden Victims of Austerity in Greece"
08 May 2013

Rafael Behr

Inside Westminster

"Loongate" shows some Tories want to be insulted by Cameron
19 May 2013
Cameron says "renegotiation", Conservative MPs hear "exit"
17 May 2013

Laurie Penny

Pop culture, politics and feminism

I don’t want to be told I’m pretty as I am - I want to live in a world where that’s irrelevant
11 May 2013
This is not the "persecution of old men". This is the prosecution of rapists, and we should applaud it
10 May 2013

Alan White

Unreported Britain

The Remploy factories have closed, but the pain continues
16 May 2013
The fags and booze crackdown that wasn't: or why we need a register of lobbyists
09 May 2013

The V Spot

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett and Holly Baxter of the Vagenda Magazine

The Five Main Issues Facing Modern Feminism
20 May 2013
Food: It's Not For Girls
15 May 2013

Alex Andreou

Asking the questions others are too intelligent to ask

Controlling immigration: the snake oil of our time
08 May 2013
George Osborne: like Fernando Torres, only less effective
03 April 2013

Bim Adewunmi

Dispatches from the telly and pop culture wastelands

Action movies, bilingual tunes and the exorcism of a family of six: channel hopping in Cameroon
09 May 2013
Friends is gone for good. Could we BE any sadder?
18 April 2013

Mehdi Hasan

Mehdi Hasan’s polemical take on politics, economics and foreign affairs

As a Muslim, I struggle with the idea of homosexuality – but I oppose homophobia
20 May 2013
If we arm the Syrian rebels, how do we stop British bombs and bullets getting to al-Qaeda?
01 May 2013

Glosswitch

A feminist take on parenting and politics

They f*** you up
13 May 2013
What's the point of a "feminism" which attacks mothers?
08 May 2013

Nelson Jones

Belief, disbelief and beyond belief

Assisted dying isn't contested on religious grounds - it's about power, paternalism and control
14 May 2013
In a political arena largely devoid of obvious talent Michael Gove is a star turn
10 May 2013

Helen Lewis

News and views about writing, eating, gaming and watching

"What do you think about his choice?": uncovering the men who visit prostitutes
10 May 2013
Will a tattoo ever hang in the Louvre?
24 April 2013

Alex Hern

Dispatches from the front line of the internet

New browser plugin stops people bamboozling you with numbers
16 May 2013
Does the New York Times actually want anyone to read Angelina Jolie's piece?
14 May 2013

Juliet Jacques

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

The Spectacle of Disintegration
16 May 2013
Trans people and the media: compromise is neither desirable nor possible
25 March 2013

Nicky Woolf in America

The view from Middle America

Obama's crappy week
17 May 2013
Not sleeping is awful beyond belief, but I can't imagine life without my insomnia
01 May 2013

Samira Shackle

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

The elections in Pakistan: After the street parties, will it be politics as usual?
13 May 2013
The Pakistan general election is fast approaching - but one community will not be casting votes
10 May 2013

Lez Miserable

Eleanor Margolis: sapphic cynic at large

Lez Miserable: "Every time I kiss a woman in public, I risk homophobic abuse."
21 May 2013
The animal onesie: the fluffy scourge of Generation Y
14 May 2013

Martin Robbins

Casting a sceptical eye on sex, media and politics

Check your sanity privilege: writing online can be bad for your mental health
30 April 2013
Giving space to Andrew Wakefield on MMR isn't balance, it's lunacy
13 April 2013

28 Dates Later

28 dates on 28 different dating sites. What could go wrong?

28 Dates Later by Willard Foxton: Part Nineteen, the New York Millionaire
13 May 2013
28 Dates Later by Willard Foxton: Part Eighteen, The London Cosplay Otaku
16 April 2013

Frances Ryan

Thoughts and reports on inequality, from disability to gender

Councillor who called for disabled children to be "put down" is re-elected
06 May 2013
Depression and austerity: “It’s as though my mind and body have both just closed down”
02 May 2013

David Allen Green

A critical and liberal look at law and policy

Will there finally be justice for Daniel Morgan?
10 May 2013
How the Ministry of Justice’s proposal for the tendering of criminal legal aid is misconceived and illiberal
23 April 2013

Michael Brooks

Here comes the science bit

How two farm-boys-done-good could change the world
17 May 2013
Doesn’t kill you: makes you weaker
16 May 2013

Kate Mossman on pop

Taking the long view on popular music

Brian Eno: “How can Alastair Campbell have a TV career?”
16 May 2013
Reviewed: Songs Cycled by Van Dyke Parks
10 May 2013

Voices

Views from elsewhere

Why legal aid reforms must be stopped, Exhibit A: the "child pornographer"
21 May 2013
Exhibits A-D : four reasons why the legal aid reforms need to be stopped
21 May 2013

Killing Time

Phil Hartup on videogames

A psycho-killer with puppy dog eyes: why the new Lara Croft doesn't work
07 March 2013
Aliens: Colonial Marines is an Uwe Boll film in reverse
22 February 2013

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