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Action Hero
Bibi van der Zee’s fortnightly guide to activism
Class Monitor
Michael Hodges’s humorous weekly exploration of class
Crip's Column
View from my wheelchair - Victoria Brignell on life as a disabled person.
Dissident Voice
Mehdi Hasan’s polemical take on politics, economics and foreign affairs
Down & Out in London
Nicholas Lezard's humorous account of urban life
Film
Ryan Gilbey gives his verdict on the key new movie releases
First Thoughts
Peter Wilby's witty and sardonic take on the week's events
Global Warning
Green activist Mark Lynas explores the myths and truth of climate change
Madness of Crowds
Will Self’s wry look at strange social phenomena and group behaviour
New Statesman Leader
The New Statesman's view on the defining issue of the week
Newsmakers
Sophie Elmhirst’s weekly profile of a figure making the headlines
Performance
New Statesman critics review the latest theatre, live music and dance performances
Preparing for Oblivion
Fran Reddington's dispatches from deep in New Labour's bunker.
Preparing for Power
Gideon Donald keeps a watchful eye on Cameron's Conservatives
Radio
Antonia Quirke’s stylish take on the week in radio
Real Meals
Will Self turns his back on haute cuisine and surveys the establishments where we actually eat.
Television
Rachel Cooke's unmissable round-up of what’s happening on TV
The Economics Column
World-renowned economist David Blanchflower’s authoritative take on the latest economic developments
The Fan
Legendary journalist Hunter Davies covers the world of football
The Politics Column
James Macintyre’s incisive guide to politics inside and outside of Westminster
Theatre
Andrew Billen follows the good and the bad in British theatre
What I'm Worrying About This Week
Mark Watson and Sophie Elmhirst tackle ethical dilemmas
What If
Dominic Sandbrook’s weekly exploration of counter-factual history
World Citizen
The legendary John Pilger offers a radical and internationalist view of politics
New Statesman Leader
Leader: World leaders need to become green heroes too
Without the requisite political will, the prospects for our planet remain bleak
First Thoughts
Nurses, cricket and anti-Semitism
We should value nurses' distinctive qualities, not force them to take degrees
What If
What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived
Labour supporters looked forward to a new era of reform and modernisation
The Politics Column
Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader
Public patience with the Afghanistan war is running out. Brown may yet regret becoming a war leader
Preparing for Oblivion
Oh, for a bonfire of banality!
The Economics Column
Wrong on the way down and up
The MPC has once again entered the world of wishful thinking, as it did at the beginning of the recession that it failed to spot
Madness of Crowds
We’re all with the brand
What is it with brands - why do we invest these shopworn icons with such reverence?
Performance
Chick Corea/Béla Fleck
Sholto Byrnes applauds a jazz performance that is full of fireworks
Green heroes
The top ten
Green villains
The top ten
Bjorn Lomborg
Cloud control
Interview
Omar Bin Laden
James Macintyre
Brown at war
What if...
Hugh Gaitskell lived
Will Self
On brands
Film review
A Serious Man
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