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War-like Smurfs

  • 14 April 2008

Apparently many Olympic traditions date back to the Nazis...

What happened to the Famous Five?

  • 31 March 2008
  • 1 comment

The truth about Enid Blyton's most famous characters plus some tips for Lord Saville...

Talk of Britishness is so unbritish

  • 18 March 2008

Swearing allegiance, a collapsing mine and how a bootleg liquor stall ran into rocky ground

Chained to Nicholas Ridley

  • 04 March 2008

Ah the anti-road protests of the 1990s! Life became a heady cocktail of Just William and The Colditz Story, and I camped out all summer

Disappointing Virgin

  • 18 February 2008
  • 1 comment

The Northern Rock nationalisation, teasing Woy Jenkins and the happy story of the goose that loves Lucy

Remember the 1960s?

  • 04 February 2008
  • 4 comments

In his new fortnightly column, Liberal England's Jonathan Calder looks back on a lifetime of reading the New Statesman from the vantage point of the Stiperstones

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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