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By Martha Gill - 18 May 14:22

How living fast does weird things to your perception of time

New Statesman
By Rebecca Stott - 16 May 14:11

Charles Darwin’s search for his intellectual ancestors shows that scientific discovery mirrors the v

New Statesman
By Charles Leadbeater - 16 May 14:03

Explaining the success of Simon Cowell, Jose Mourinho and the rest.

Keep calm and carry on
By Mike Bonnet - 10 May 14:12

Is "Keep Calm And Carry On" an appropriate mantra for modern Britain?

A man uses his iPhone, Washington DC.
By Bryan Appleyard - 09 May 15:55

Apple’s iPhone, five years old next month, seduces us with the perpetual call of elsewhere. But do w

New Statesman
By John Gray - 09 May 13:58

Treating everything as a commodity ruins the moral fabric of society.

By Martha Gill - 26 April 15:17

Martha Gill's Irrational Animals column.

By Sophie Elmhirst - 18 April 17:37

Should there be a boycott of the Israeli theatre company at the Globe?

New Statesman
By Eleanor Hirst - 17 April 18:00

"Animals Inside Out" at the Natural History Museum.

New Statesman
By Daniel Dennett - 13 April 13:22

What do debutante balls, the Japanese tea ceremony, Ponzi schemes and doubting clergy all have in co

Noel Edmonds Internet Troll Hunter
By Helen Lewis - 12 April 12:47

What’s the point of turning the net into a giant lavatory wall?

“People will laugh at you if you sound like that”
By A L Kennedy - 04 April 11:09

When A L Kennedy was growing up in Dundee, she was taught to sound English. It was only in exile tha

New Statesman
By Richard Mabey - 03 April 15:37

In the second in a series of essays on nature and landscape, Richard Mabey sees a premonition of spr

Federer
By Ed Smith - 29 March 17:57

In a meritocracy, winners deserve to win or think they do, and they reward themselves accordingly.

Peacock
By David Rothenberg - 29 March 16:15

Why did the peacock’s tail make Darwin “sick”? Because the world is full of extravagant beauty that

How to be a man
By Jonathan Rutherford - 12 March 1:00

The altered relationship between men and women.

By Sophie Elmhirst - 12 March 1:00
By Melvyn Bragg - 23 February 12:55

Over the past century, we have increasingly come to define ourselves by our leisure habits rather th

By Colin McGinn - 20 February 1:00

The more we look at the brain, the less it looks like a device for creating consciousness. Perhaps p

By Ece Temelkuran - 17 February 17:32

Turkey's record on human rights means it is no model for the Arab world.

By Richard J Evans - 23 January 1:00

Michael Gove argues that schools should teach children about kings, queens and wars. He's offering a

By Jason Cowley - 02 January 1:00

The editor of the New Statesman reflects on the life and legacy of Christopher Hitchens.

By George Eaton - 13 December 14:11

Exclusive extracts from the writer's final interview.

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