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No drugs. No sex. And no leaders
They’ve been dismissed as naive idealists, but today’s student protesters are pragmatic, democratic and astonishingly media-savvy. Laurie Penny gives a first-hand account of a group battling to find new methods of resistance
Time for a quiet rebellion over library closures
Budget cuts put more than 375 libraries under threat. We should be outraged, says Robin Ince (but keep the noise down).
Fear on the front line
2011 will be a year of seismic change to our public services. A teacher, GP, lawyer, social worker, postman and policeman reveal their concerns.
New Statesman announces film collaboration
We present Michael Chanan’s video blog of the protest movement.
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Gove’s school league tables will fail the poorest pupils
The introduction of the English Bac will push money away from those children who need it most.
In the beginning – if there was one
We still don’t know exactly how the universe was created – and, given the limits of the human brain, perhaps we never will.
Coalition backtracks on primary school sports cuts
The Schools Sports Partnership will no longer be scrapped, but will still have its funding reduced.
A graduate tax is the fairest solution
As a sixth-former, I think a graduate tax would increase social mobility and maintain world-class higher education.
Captain Ska on "Liar Liar"
An interview with the campaigning musician who hopes to be Christmas No. 1.
Facebook’s $1.6bn woman
A witch-hunt?
Osborne's woes
Marr's monarchism
The interview
On Syria
The interview
GOP race so far
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