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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Harry Palmer reads the New Statesman

  • 10 May 2007
  • 2 comments

A quiz, your verdicts on the departure of Tony 'where did those weapons go' Blair plus news from the spying game...

Waving goodbye

  • 04 May 2007

An animated Tony, Election 2007 and other matters

Labour candidate in trouble after predicting losses

  • 01 May 2007
  • 6 comments

The man heading the Labour list in North Wales has landed himself in hot water after predicting his party will lose seats on Thursday in the Assembly elections

Ted Heath goes everywhere

  • 26 April 2007
  • 1 comment

How a newstatesman.com exclusive by Tory Brian Coleman about Ted Heath cottaging got picked up everywhere ...

Dot's rare talent

  • 20 April 2007

A brief round-up of events in the last few days plus penetrating insights into popular culture

Afghan journeys

  • 16 April 2007

The Sleeping Buddha Hamida Ghafour Constable & Robinson, 320pp, £8.99 ISBN 1845293134

The Tolpuddle Martyrs and Marie Antoinette

  • 11 April 2007

A couple of sublime moments plus a trip to rural West Dorset

A divine experience

  • 09 April 2007

Ben Davies discovers a Buenos Aires theme park with more to offer than hot dogs and roller coasters

I'm a quitter not a fighter

  • 30 March 2007
  • 1 comment

Carol Thatcher, Mormons and other stories...

We're all sex addicts now...

  • 23 March 2007

My continued bafflement about the modern world

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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