22 June 2009
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Cover story
How Iran went nuclear
David Patrikarakos tells the remarkable story of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, which began as an expression of western modernity but has now hardened into a statement of reaction, isolation and rage
Features
Brown and Mandelson: It's Love
Peter Mandelson once spoke of how Gordon Brown “wants to kill me before I destroy him”, but now the Prime Minister’s very survival depends on the staunch support of his former enemy. How has this happened?
The celestial jukebox
When the music streaming service Last.fm was sold to CBS in 2007, its geekish founders became poster boys for the east London tech scene – and overnight multimillionaires. Their departure from the company signals the end of a musical love story.
I will be brief
We’re running out of time and space, so let’s hear it for brevity,Twitter and a cricket match decided on a handshake
How the left lost its language
The global crisis exposed the intellectual hollowness of our politics. Despite signs of renewal, there’s still a long way to go.
Regulars
New Statesman Leader
We must allow the people of Iran to bring about the change they want to see
The Obama administration and the British government should be praised for the restraint they have shown
New Statesman Leader
Vote Bercow for a real reformer
He is the most progressive candidate in the race-a genuine reformer.
The Politics Column
Cameron's wobble
The Tories are ahead in the polls but remain unpopular. And there are divisions behind the scenes.
World Citizen
A total white-out
In Britain, black people are excluded from decision-making in top-flight football. It will take more than one club appointment to change that
First Thoughts
No room for closure
. . . on the Iraq inquiry, public spending cuts and Mandy’s manoeuvres
Down & Out in London
Down and out in London
Walk the streets of Shepherd’s Bush and you will not lack for the company of the deranged and the drunk
Culture
Interview: David Hockney
After decades in California, the painter has returned to his native Yorkshire. He invites the New Statesman exclusively into his studio
Richard Long: Heaven and Earth
Richard Long’s fieldwork is a still point in an endlessly turning world
Radio
The sound of relationships unravelling
Zoë Ball’s new breakfast show on Radio 2 has a rather dark undertone
Books
When China Rules the World
It is clear that the rise of China marks the end of western global hegemony, but just what the coming Chinese ascendency will look like is another matter.
The Liberal Republic
No man is an island: This argument for a progressive politics based on "liberal republicanism" is merely a tract in defence of unenlightened self-interest.
Short reviews
When Skateboards Will Be Free and Stalin's Nemesis
