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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Asia
Who's behind the Thai protests?
- 27 November 2008
The paradox for western observers is that, as the protests in Thailand show, these elites can have genuine mass support
Food
Silence of the bees
- 20 November 2008
- 3 comments
Beekeepers have been struck two such terrible blows over the past 18 months that there may not be any home-produced honey in Britain's shops by Christmas
Books
More tales of the diaspora
- 06 November 2008
- 1 comment
Evening is the Whole Day
Preeta Samarasan
Fourth Estate, 352pp, £16.99
International Politics
The dark side of paradise
- 17 July 2008
- 25 comments
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
- 5 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
