21 December 2009
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Features
Quran and country
The words "British" and "Muslim" turn out to have a great deal in common
Spiritual awakening
Globalisation has been good for gods in the Indian subcontinent. As the region has remade itself, it has grown more devout, and its religions are becoming ever more entangled with politics
Faith, hope and clarity
The rate of HIV infection in Kenya is one of the highest in the world, but safer sex is at last being adopted – and it is religious groups that are leading the way, in a new spirit of openness and acceptance
Accidents of life
Darwinian theory was the best idea of all time, but why did it take so long to evolve? And what if we had 16 fingers?
I believe in yesterday
The history of the recent past is more popular with readers than ever – and just as well, because it performs a vital civic function
Essay
The revenger’s tragedy
The British government has long denied that wartime air raids on German cities were intended to kill as many civilians as possible. In fact, the raids, led by Arthur Harris, were motivated largely by a desire to hit back and destroy indiscriminately
Interview
The NS Interview: Speech Debelle
“I don’t want to turn into Lily Allen”
Campaign spotlight: Libel bashing
Dr Evan Harris MP, Liberal Democrat spokesman on science and a member of the Commons select committee on human rights
Regulars
New Statesman Leader
Leader: It is time for Britain’s real progressives to unite
We would welcome a left-liberal coalition, committed to wholesale constitutional and economic reform
The Politics Column
Mandarins make MPs sitting ducks
In Britain today, only non-elected figures can act politically and be treated with respect
Commons Confidential
TV, fridges and too-tight tailcoats
