Registered user login:

Life & Society

Lead Feature

Accidental tourist

Accidental tourist

Rob Blackhurst books a family break at a Portuguese resort - and finds himself babysitting in Praia da Luz

Also in life & society

Humanity's last rage

Was it a great beginning . . . or just the final great street festival before the darkness closed in? Peter Wilby wonders whether the year changed everything - or nothing at all

All along the watchtower

It was a year of horror and bad faith

Are you a 1968 sell-out?

Test yourself - are you still true to the spirit of 1968?

A boys' year

It was men who led the demos. We weren't aware of what would soon be called women's liberation, writes Anna Coote. But then we caught the mood . . .

The French revolution

In May '68, Paul Johnson, the then editor of the New Statesman, extolled Parisian student power in an impassioned article, abridged here, entitled "The new spectre haunting Europe"

Signs of the times

An exhibition of posters and photographs from the Paris rebellion is irresistible, but tricky out of context

More This Week

Hitting myself with a rat

From infectious hotels to her favourite power tools - Scottish writer and comedian AL Kennedy's brilliant new column for newstatesman.com

Description

Released from Brixton

"Out already Peter?" came the resentful tones of Detective Sergeant "Sniffer" of West End Central Crime Squad. "Just show me what's in your bag"

Angry Anna shows us how to age

While the older generation bears the brunt of pernicious ageism, a fear of being considered old infects society as a whole

Columnists

Annalisa Barbieri

Annalisa Barbieri

Heterosexual men wearing women's clothes - our last taboo

Nicholas Clee

Nicholas Clee

Now is the time to get the best of "earthy" Jersey Royals

Becky Hogge

Becky Hogge

Kids needed to be protected from evil video games - then Wii came along

Hunter Davies

Hunter Davies

And the award goes to . . . Hunter Davies chooses his best in show for this season

Blogs

The Faith Column

The Faith Column

Every week a different believer gives the inside track on their religion.

CampusRadicals

Campus Radicals

Politics and protest from Britain's colleges and universities

Life at Findhorn

Life at Findhorn

A fortnightly insight into life inside one of Britain's best known eco-villages – Findhorn – by resident Jonathan Dawson.

Quick Access to

Vote!

Was Cliff Richard robbed?

Designed by Wilson Fletcher