New Statesman
By Sarah Ditum - 08 May 10:09

These Pages Fall Like Ash turned a city into a fantasy novel, making Sarah Ditum see her home with new eyes.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 29 April 14:43

Is the Government handing your photos to media giants?

New Statesman
By Charlotte Simmonds - 05 April 12:04

We celebrate 100 years with the largest single issue of the magazine in its history.

Francois Hollande and ministers at a breakfast for women's rights. Photo: Getty
By Dalia Ben-Galim - 31 March 11:55

The success of a few outlying women does not mean that the struggle is over.

Sasha Grey, whose porn work was noted for its extreme content. Photo: Getty
By Rhiannon and Holly - 11 March 12:50

Porn often shows a submissive woman, stripped of all of her body hair, undergoing ritual humiliation in the name of sexuality, and twentysomethings must ask whether that has wider implications about how our peers view us socially, politically and professionally.

New Statesman
By Aisha Gani - 07 March 15:10

I learnt that coffee can be translated as “fruity ass malt liquor”, for one thing.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 15 February 15:47

Huffington Post: "there is no merit to these allegations"

Mark Kermode. Photo: Getty
By Bim Adewunmi - 14 February 16:13

We sent Bim to Cuddle her Favourite Critic.

Julian Assange. Photograph: Getty Images
By New Statesman - 07 February 10:25

He should leave the Ecuadorean embassy without delay.

Mary Beard on Question Time. Photo: Getty
By Cath Elliott - 27 January 12:42

DSMO, the website that abused Mary Beard, did far more than host threads dedicated to obscenity and offence. Its users took delight in bullying and harrassing their victims.

The Twitter logo
By Jane Fae - 22 January 9:08

The aggregated effect of floods of negative comments online can be enough to put opinionated women off appearing in public.

New Statesman
By Catriona Harvey-Jenner - 14 January 16:02

The courageous teen passes away after a battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Dys4ia, the game.
By Helen Lewis - 31 December 13:44

Games as ballet, a playwright on the medium, and (sorry) me talking about ladies, again.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 19 December 16:22

"Damaging mythology re: raptors"

Instagram's ToS
By Alex Hern - 19 December 9:53

Despite legal language used, "we do not have plans for this" says Kevin Systrom.

Apple guards its intellectual property. Photo: Getty
By Steven Poole - 06 December 7:31

From Jeff Jarvis to Clay Shirky, a class of gurus are intent on "disrupting" old-fashioned practices like asking us to pay for valuable content. Meanwhile, web giants like Google and Apple jealously guard their profitable secrets.

New Statesman
By Kamila Kocialkowska - 03 December 17:51

Conflict reporting has always been the most dangerous branch of journalism - but in the changing political landscape of recent years, has it become even more so?

The mob during a revolutionary uprising against the Habsburg Austrian Empire
By David Allen Green - 22 November 13:30

Why there are grounds for optimism.

A man holds a poster with a picture of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
By Laurie Penny - 22 November 7:41

Julian Assange's new book, "Cypherpunks", has failed to understand something fundamental about the internet.

Sally Bercow's former twitter page.
By Alex Hern - 20 November 14:44

"Don't break this law which we can't tell you."

Sally Bercow
By Caroline Crampton - 20 November 11:05

The Speaker's wife appears to have deleted her account.

Poppy wreaths are laid at the Cenotaph during Remembrance Sunday in Whitehall.
By George Eaton - 12 November 10:28

Kent police say the man was detained on suspicion of "malicious telecommunications".

A screenshot from Spec Ops: The Line. Photograph: ryjek.net
By Phil Hartup - 23 October 9:01

Can video games combine strong narratives with actual play? Phil Hartup examines the contenders.

By Alex Hern - 18 October 11:51

艾未未问他的170,000个推特粉丝中国的未来如何。他们的回复构建了独特的城市肖像

New Statesman
By Ai Weiwei - 17 October 12:46

The Chinese government hires people to distort or deflect conversations on the web. Ai Weiwei persuades an “online commentator” to tell all.

New Statesman
By Adam Taylor - 16 October 14:23

Adam Taylor got a month's readers in a day thanks to a link from the Drudge Report. But, he wonders, is the Conservative icon's power waning?

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