Magazines

Will there still be a New Statesman in 2113?

By Helen Lewis - 17 May 9:24

The signs are good - the printing press has been good enough for every generation since Gutenberg, after all.

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Cindy Sherman's Untitled (2010/2011). Image: Metro Pictures.

Lift up your voices: The century-long battle for women's freedom

By Natasha Walter - 15 May 16:27

The NS of 1913 may have been in the vanguard for women’s rights yet its tone was hectoring, even patronising. But today’s popular feminists should not forget that the pioneers’ concerns still have weight.

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The death of More magazine is a price worth paying for a better media

By Laurie Penny - 01 May 14:28

Do we need to mourn every lost job without further comment, even in an industry that’s becoming toxic?

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“The twots”: Letter from a would-be New Statesman Editor

By Anthony Barnett - 16 April 13:40

When Anthony Barnett was turned down for the editorship of the New Statesman in 1986, he wrote to his supporters - who included John Berger, Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie and Francis Wheen - to explain why.

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Editor’s Note: A long and not always smooth history

By Jason Cowley - 12 April 9:16

Jason Cowley recalls his first lunch with Peter Wilby, a warning from Tony Howard and champagne with Norman Mackenzie . . . who describes how dreadful Dick Crossman was, and how great Kingsley Martin.

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Beatrice and Sidney Webb, the founders of the New Statesman. Photograph: Getty

Leader: Bending the arc of history towards justice and freedom

By New Statesman - 12 April 8:57

The leader from the centenary issue of the magazine.

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Beatrice and Sidney Webb, the founders of the New Statesman. Photograph: Getty I

Leader: the world movement towards collectivism

By New Statesman - 12 April 8:50

The first New Statesman leader, published on 12 April 1913.

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Announcing the New Statesman Centenary Issue

By Charlotte Simmonds - 05 April 12:04

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

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Francois Hollande and ministers at a breakfast for women's rights. Photo: Getty

Feminists: beware ‘the decoy effect’

By Dalia Ben-Galim - 31 March 11:55

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

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Ai Weiwei guestedited the New Statesman on 22 October 2012.

New Statesman Ai Weiwei guest edit shortlisted at the British Media Awards

By Caroline Crampton - 26 February 15:33

Nominated for Cross-Media Project Of The Year.

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The five weirdest things in the Daily Mail's profile of Michael Gove

By Alex Hern - 20 February 11:58

EW EW EW EW.

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More recognition for the New Statesman

By New Statesman - 19 January 11:53

Editor Jason Cowley shortlisted for the European Press Prize editing award.

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Ralph Steadman's cover for the 5 January 1990 issue of the New Statesman.

The NS centenary, Miliband’s one-nation groove and Mulho’s apology

By Jason Cowley - 18 January 8:39

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David Attenborough shushing a llama. Photograph: Getty Images

Sixty years of Attenborough through the eyes of the New Statesman

By Philip Maughan - 19 December 10:18

For more than half a century, the magazine has followed the broadcaster's work.

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Filing from the warzone - the dangers of conflict reporting

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?

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