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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.

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TV and Radio
It's time to stop these latter day freak shows
19 January 2007

Vote with your fingers and get rid of Big Brother and its siblings once and for all

UK Politics
Victory in Downing Street
11 January 2007

How Mark Thomas won a famous victory, the brilliance of Simon Munnery and why it's important to spel

TV and Radio
The secret of acting on Eastenders revealed
13 December 2006

How come so many luvvies are out of work and still virtually no-one on Eastenders can act?

UK Politics
Success, incest and the 'poet' gangster...
06 December 2006

A few disjointed thoughts that can't really be summarised

The Staggers
Welcome to our brand new website
18 November 2006
Editor's Letter
13 November 2006
UK Politics
Dear Marina . . .
13 November 2006

When the New Statesman website relaunches, former glamour model turned eco-campaigner and L

Editor's Letter
06 November 2006
Politics
Four awards for the new look New Statesman
30 October 2006

Redesigned New Statesman wins at Magazine Design and Journalism Awards

Editor's Letter
27 October 2006

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