Martin Bright

Martin Bright

Martin Bright began his journalistic career writing in very simple English for a magazine aimed at French school children. This experience has informed his style ever since. He worked for the BBC World Service, and The Guardian before joining the Observer as Education Correspondent. He went on to become Home Affairs Editor before becoming the New Statesman's political editor in 2005.

Articles by Martin Bright

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Charles Clarke, the New Statesman and the future of the Labour Party

  • 05 September 2008
  • 5 comments

The former Home Secretary's article in this week's New Statesman whipped up a storm, but what's the back story?

Five stark truths

  • 04 September 2008
  • 40 comments

The summer did not bring a coup against Gordon Brown, but during this time some inescapable realities have emerged

And the winner is...

  • 29 August 2008
  • 8 comments

newstatesman.com users vote overwhelmingly for an investigation into Britain's asylum crisis

No glory for the other Team GB

  • 21 August 2008
  • 76 comments

The Olympics and Georgia were both opportunities for Brown: why did he not seize the moment?

Israel and The British Left: The Great Betrayal Revisited

  • 19 August 2008
  • 77 comments

An article from earlier this year continues to provoke discussion, but it should not poison other debates

The Death of Michael Baxandall

  • 19 August 2008

The passing of a great art critic stirs mixed memories

Walktalk Reaches London

  • 18 August 2008
  • 2 comments

Gill Hicks, a survivor of the 7/7 bombings, has walked from Leeds to London for peace, on prosthetic legs

New Statesman Investigates -- Update

  • 18 August 2008
  • 33 comments

Readers are voting in numbers for an investigation into the government's asylum policy

Sunday Roundup - 17 August 2008

  • 17 August 2008
  • 1 comment

A weekly look at the politics stories and comment in the Sunday newspapers

Bright's Blog Top Ten

  • 15 August 2008
  • 3 comments

Here they are: the best read articles on the blog. Feel free to read them again

Tiananmen Square

20 years on

Desperately seeking democracy

Nina Power

Newspeak's legacy

Bamboozle, baffle and blindside

Television

Simon Schama

Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”

Theatre

Liberal guilt

Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal

Vernon Bogdanor

Worse than Profumo

End of the party

Nicky Wire

The way I see it

Nicky Wire: The way I see it

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Will China rule the world?

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