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Education

Eton eternal: How one school came to dominate public life

By Jason Cowley - 08 May 2013

New Statesman editor Jason Cowley speaks to Anthony Little,...
Michael Gove wants longer school days because . . . reasons

By Glosswitch - 20 Apr 2013

Teachers must wish Michael Gove worked shorter days and took...
The problem of low educational attainment among white working class students

By Denis Mongon - 28 Mar 2013

What can we do about it?
Not everyone who disagrees with Gove is a "wrecker" or an "enemy of promise"

By Jonn Elledge - 25 Mar 2013

The Education Secretary’s combative methods are going to result...
Michael Gove’s history curriculum is a pub quiz not an education

By Richard J Evans - 21 Mar 2013

The rote sets in.
You don't have to wear tweed and cry "tally-ho" to enjoy the outdoors

By Aisha Gani - 14 Mar 2013

Young women from BME backgrounds are discovering that there's...

Health

10 per cent of the world uses 90 per cent of the morphine: this needs to change

By Sheila Payne - 16 May 2013

Pain relief and palliative care is a human right - and yet global...
Never mind the pre-summer "hungry gap" – a little wild garlic will fill the void

By Felicity Cloake - 14 May 2013

It's a tough life being a foodie, but fear not - a sumptuous...
They f*** you up

By Glosswitch - 13 May 2013

After my hospitalisation for eating disorders, my brother's...
Mental health and Mrs Thatcher: "All due to a lack of personal drive, effort and will"

By Philip Maughan - 08 May 2013

A discussion over dinner.
Food is the one area in which I refuse to compromise for the sake of our bank balance

By Alice O'Keeffe - 03 May 2013

Alice O'Keeffe's "Squeezed Middle" column.
The UK doesn't provide enough medical care for some – and too much for others

By Margaret McCartney - 02 May 2013

Doctors and patients need to question unnecessary procedures,...

Lifestyle

Lez Miserable: "Every time I kiss a woman in public, I risk homophobic abuse."

By Eleanor Margolis - 21 May 2013

This is a time in which we gays should be kissing and holding...
As a Muslim, I struggle with the idea of homosexuality – but I oppose homophobia

By Mehdi Hasan - 20 May 2013

I've made homophobic remarks in the past, writes Mehdi Hasan, but...
Sexual squeamishness does women no favours

By Girl on the Net - 17 May 2013

The opinions in this article are NSFW. Or breakfast. Or anywhere...
From the Tories' "feckless dads" to the "crisis in masculinity": can Labour go father?

By Glen Poole - 17 May 2013

Jon Cruddas and Diane Abbot have argued this week that Labour...
Confessions of an ex-Muslim

By Omar Shahid - 17 May 2013

Over 100,000 people in Britain converted to Islam between 2001-...
How social mobility got stuck

By Danny Dorling - 16 May 2013

Britain's poor were absolutely and relatively better off until...

Sport

Reviewed: Harry’s Games: Inside the Mind of Harry Redknapp by John Crace

By Sophie Elmhirst - 16 May 2013

Win or lose, on the booze.
Does the FA Cup still matter?

By Martin Cloake - 10 May 2013

Where once the TV schedule was built around the unfolding...
How German football became the best in Europe

By Jonathan Wilson - 09 May 2013

The Bundesliga has gone back to basics.
O’Sullivan’s cue to learn from sporting elite

By Cameron Sharpe - 07 May 2013

Snooker’s enigma ought to make hay while the sun shines.
Leader: The German model

By New Statesman - 02 May 2013

In praise of the Bundesliga and more besides.
One was a natural conservative with a deep respect for English traditions – the other was Mrs T

By Ed Smith - 02 May 2013

Ed Smith's "Left Field" column.

Travel

On the Thames estuary

By Caroline Crampton - 15 May 2013

"The estuary doesn’t yield all its secrets on first glance. An...
Every now and then something pops out of the forest to remind us about wildness

By Sophie Elmhirst - 10 May 2013

Left Field: On wild boar and other beasts.
Keeping my Freedom Pass, blowing things up from inside and the invisible crime wave

By Peter Wilby - 01 May 2013

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.
You don't have to wear tweed and cry "tally-ho" to enjoy the outdoors

By Aisha Gani - 14 Mar 2013

Young women from BME backgrounds are discovering that there's...
Nature: Dark satanic mills

By John Burnside - 29 Aug 2012

John Burnside's nature column.
Madness of crowds: Will Self visits Las Vegas

By Will Self - 29 Aug 2012

It's gone family-friendly.

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Religion

As a Muslim, I struggle with the idea of homosexuality – but I oppose homophobia

By Mehdi Hasan - 20 May 2013

I've made homophobic remarks in the past, writes Mehdi Hasan, but...
Confessions of an ex-Muslim

By Omar Shahid - 17 May 2013

Over 100,000 people in Britain converted to Islam between 2001-...
Reviewed: The Serpent’s Promise: the Bible Retold as Science by Steve Jones

By Nick Spencer - 16 May 2013

Creation myths.
In a generation, everything has changed for British Muslim women

By Irna Qureshi - 15 May 2013

My mother and I both married men from Pakistan. Both marriages...
Assisted dying isn't contested on religious grounds - it's about power, paternalism and control

By Nelson Jones - 14 May 2013

A recent YouGov poll has shown that a majority of people - from...
The family is where we learn love

By Jonathan Sacks - 02 May 2013

Faith is the redemption of solitude.

Society

Lez Miserable: "Every time I kiss a woman in public, I risk homophobic abuse."

By Eleanor Margolis - 21 May 2013

This is a time in which we gays should be kissing and holding...
Why women’s bodies can’t do anything right

By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett - 21 May 2013

Enviable curves v skinny self-control.
From the Tories' "feckless dads" to the "crisis in masculinity": can Labour go father?

By Glen Poole - 17 May 2013

Jon Cruddas and Diane Abbot have argued this week that Labour...
Ralph Steadman: Drawing the unsayable

By Philip Maughan - 16 May 2013

“He isn’t a cartoonist, really. He’s a fine artist.”
How social mobility got stuck

By Danny Dorling - 16 May 2013

Britain's poor were absolutely and relatively better off until...
The writing on the wall

By Dawn Foster - 16 May 2013

The cultural heart of a community is under sustained attack.

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