15 August 2005

From the Editor…

Welcome to the New Statesman website. Whether you are a new reader or an existing one - online or via the magazine - I hope you'll enjoy the great writing, fresh ideas and provocative debate that make the New Statesman Britain's award-winning current affairs weekly

Jason Cowley, Editor, New Statesman

Cover story

Robin Cook: a tribute

Last Saturday, British politics lost one of its most dazzling talents - and the Labour Party its most courageous reformer. Leading our tributes, Peter Hain warns that his political legacy must not be forgotten by this Labour government

By Peter Hain

Features

Differences don't matter now

By Margaret Cook

Robin Cook: a tribute

A leader I'd have followed

By David Marquand

Robin Cook: a tribute

More loyal than left

By Denis MacShane

Robin Cook: a tribute

Natural-born writer

By Anthony Howard

Robin Cook: a tribute

Out of Gaza - and into Jerusalem

By Lindsey Hilsum

Ariel Sharon is a master of manoeuvres, writes Lindsey Hilsum. While the world watches the withdrawal from Gaza, he is creating and expanding settlements in more strategic areas

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Young Muslims hold the key

By Ziauddin Sardar

They are the only ones their alienated and angry peers will listen to, argues Ziauddin Sardar

The hot look everyone wants

By Joshua Blackburn

In the current climate of fear and uncertainty, acts of charity help us feel better about ourselves. But mixing caring with posing is itself a dangerous business

Essay

NS Essay - 'The future of the human race depends on public spaces. They are the starting point for all community, commerce and democracy'

By Jay Walljasper

People have withdrawn from the public realm in this era of rampant traffic and overblown security measures. A vibrant street life would bring them back into the open and make them feel they belong. By Jay Walljasper

Regulars

New Statesman Leader

Terror demands more thought, not less

Darcus Howe will not be branded

By Darcus Howe

At once I associate the verb "to brand" with cattle, and then with slaves

Competition

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Culture

Home truths

By Stephen Bayley

We may think our homes are just for living in, but in fact they are texts that can be read like a play. All our anxieties and aspirations are revealed by our choice of salad bowl or fitted carpet. Stephen Bayley guides us through the theatre of our lives

Country cousins

By David Vascott

Alternative music - Beagles and Land-Rovers, or tumbleweed and sipping whiskey? David Vascott investigates the clash of British and American folk musics

Theatre

Devil's dozen

By Michael Coveney

Theatre - A mixed bag of Fringe shows is led by a magical Polish Faust by Michael Coveney Faust, Assembly Rooms Doublethink, Aurora Nova, Saint Stephen's Mikey the Pikey, Pleasance Dome

Film