Ben Davies

Ben Davies

Ben Davies trained as a journalist after taking most of the 1990s off. Prior to joining the New Statesman he spent five years working as a politics reporter for the BBC News website. He lives in North London.

Articles by Ben Davies

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The Spectator - they're giving it away

  • 06 September 2007
  • 1 comment

A surprise subscription, visiting the homeland and more on being posh...

Walk on by?

  • 23 August 2007
  • 12 comments

Going to the rescue of a stranger is dangerous. A few days ago, Ben Davies had to decide whether to try to stop a vicious assault

Boris Johnson and the lefty conspiracy

  • 17 August 2007
  • 3 comments

Plots and intrigue at Terminal House plus Clarissa Dickson-Wright and much more

Land of the old general

  • 16 August 2007
  • 40 comments

Visiting Paraguay, Ben Davies finds a decaying country that still bears the scars of dictatorship

The devil may care

  • 10 August 2007

Satanism, Father Ted, the London Mayoral race and other matters

Goodbye Ulrich Mühe

  • 27 July 2007
  • 4 comments

The Lives of Others really is one of the best films I've seen in years

A large, ugly radio

  • 18 July 2007

Nurture vs nature, style vs substance and the American vs the loony

Alan Johnston

  • 04 July 2007
  • 3 comments

Delight the BBC correspondent has been released and other issues

Three things in no particular order

  • 25 May 2007
  • 3 comments

Harry Palmer, Orlo Porter, Bertie Wodehouse and the REDS...

Don't you love the Tories?

  • 18 May 2007
  • 2 comments

Brady's bunch of fives and other matters...

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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