Sholto Byrnes
Sholto Byrnes is a contributing editor of the New Statesman and the jazz critic of the Independent. Previously he was diary editor, chief interviewer and senior feature writer at both Independent titles. He is a judge for this year's Paul Hamlyn Foundation awards for composers.
Articles by sholto byrnes
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International Politics
The dark side of paradise
- 17 July 2008
A special New Statesman focus on South East Asia with Philip Bowring, Joe Cummings, Marina Mahathir, Elizabeth Pisani, Ziauddin Sardar, Ruth Padel, Sholto Byrnes and more. Edited by Rachel Aspden and Sholto Byrnes
Life & Society
Lisa Jardine on life and death
- 22 May 2008
- 11 comments
The new chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority did not seek a fight, but she is ready. Christians, she says, have no monopoly on morality. Plus don't miss Julian Baggini on deciding ethical issues
Politics
Tony Benn: 1968 and me
- 08 May 2008
- 4 comments
So, where was the Labour Party in the year of revolution and street protests? The great conscience of the left recalls a time when even he was considered a "fascist"
Society
''Jesus will appear again as judge of the world and the dead will be raised''
- 10 April 2008
- 58 comments
Tom Wright's literal belief in the Resurrection makes him a hero to conservative Christians worldwide. Here he declares war on militant atheists and liberals, and explains why heaven is not the end of the world
UK Politics
Who is Boris Johnson?
- 27 March 2008
- 3 comments
When he announced that his great-great-grandmother was a Circassian slave, was it just another "inverted pyramid of piffle" from Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson?
Society
Dangers of democracy
- 13 March 2008
- 9 comments
Proponents of liberal democracy so eager for Anwar should realise that he is playing a dangerous game
World Affairs
Interview: Samantha Power
- 06 March 2008
- 28 comments
NS interview with the self-proclaimed "humanitarian hawk" who - until her resignation for calling Hillary Clinton a monster this week - was part of Barack Obama's team
Life & Society
Animal rights, human wrongs
- 28 February 2008
- 20 comments
As he takes up his new role at the Food Standards Agency, Colin Blakemore talks about animal rights, research and "pseudo-Buddhism" plus check out our debate on this controversial issue
Life & Society
Keep the faith
- 31 January 2008
- 26 comments
For most Europeans, a belief in God may have given way to a belief in democracy, law and human rights. But the Almighty remains the source of our secular freedoms
Politics
The one to watch in 2008
- 03 January 2008
- 2 comments
Malaria kills thousands each day, mainly in the world's poorest countries. At a research centre in Mozambique, the work of one man, Pedro Alonso, offers hope
