Mary Riddell

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NS Interview - Paddy Ashdown

  • 06 October 2003

At last, the high representative for Bosnia Herzegovina delivers his verdict on Blair: a good, but not a great, prime minister. Paddy Ashdown interviewed

NS Interview - David Bell

  • 09 June 2003

The chief inspector of schools bemoans the state's failure to rescue the worst-off children from ''a cycle of failure''. David Bell interviewed by Mary Riddell

NS Interview - Matthias Kelly

  • 26 May 2003

The chairman of the Bar Council wants to scrap the Lord Chancellor and bring the Queen under the rule of law. Matthias Kelly interviewed by Mary Riddell

NS Interview - Neil MacGregor

  • 19 May 2003

As Iraq's treasures were looted, the British Museum's director furiously phoned No 10, demanding tanks to guard the buildings. Neil MacGregor interviewed

NS Interview - Martin Narey

  • 04 November 2002

The head of prisons admits that suicide rates are "hideous" and overpopulation rife; yet he wants more children locked up. Martin Narey interviewed

NS Interview - Tessa Jowell

  • 30 September 2002

The minister who is giving the green light to Wembley Stadium thinks Murdoch is OK, but the BBC needs to tread carefully. Tessa Jowell is interviewed

NS Interview - Anne Owers

  • 05 August 2002

The chief inspector of prisons fears that squalid conditions and overcrowding breach the human rights of some inmates. Anne Owers interviewed

NS Interview - Tom Stoppard

  • 08 July 2002

The government, says our most revered playwright, has money for any crisis, but not for the arts. It's down to lack of culture. Tom Stoppard interviewed

The NS Interview - Sir John Stevens

  • 29 April 2002

The head of the Metropolitan Police asks if our justice system can deal with witnesses who are so alien from the force. Sir John Stephens interviewed

The New Statesman Interview - Romano Prodi

  • 01 April 2002

Europe's president opposes war with Iraq and tells Britain to stop dithering over entry to the euro. Romano Prodi interviewed

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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