North America
Obama at the White House Correspondents' Dinner: "I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist I used to be"
28 April 2013

The President zings it all over the place.

UK Politics
Galloway: Ed Miliband is an "unprincipled coward with the backbone of an amoeba"
27 April 2013

The spat continues.

UK Politics
Did Margaret Thatcher "get jokes"?
23 April 2013

Her official biographer, Charles Moore, suggests not.

Media
In a spat with Jan Moir, Katherine Jenkins stays classy
23 April 2013

The singer responds to Jan Moir’s accusation that she was “stealing the limelight” by running the London Marathon.

TV and Radio
Broadchurch recedes into the gloom, but ITV's star shines bright
23 April 2013

The channel's handling of Chris Chibnall's brilliant whodunnit gives Caroline Crampton hope that ITV is going to give the BBC some serious competition when it comes to original drama.

Music and Performance
Sir Colin Davis: a conductor without compare
15 April 2013

The London Symphony Orchestra's longest-serving conductor has died at the age of 85.

Music and Performance
Reviewed: Peter and Alice at the Noel Coward Theatre
09 April 2013

Child’s play.

Blog
Iain Banks reveals he has inoperable gall bladder cancer
03 April 2013

The author has released a statement saying he is “Very Poorly”.

March 2013: most read on newstatesman.com
02 April 2013

What you've been reading in the last month.

The Staggers
Ed Miliband ditching the "command and control" politics of the New Labour years
30 March 2013

He wants it to be all about grassroots, community campaigning.

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