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

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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Will Baroness Ashton be an effective EU foreign minister?

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