Sholto Byrnes
Sholto Byrnes is Assistant Editor of the New Statesman
Articles by Sholto Byrnes
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UK Politics
Mrs T’s rogues’ gallery
- 26 February 2009
Sholto Byrnes recalls the allies and hangers-on who prospered under Thatcher
North America
Time to rethink realpolitik
- 12 February 2009
- 8 comments
Henry Kissinger, once accused of war crimes, is back and working for the Obama adminstration. Is this a sign of American desperation or another example of what Hillary Clinton calls smart power?
Asia
Taking royal liberties
- 22 January 2009
- 3 comments
Thailand's king is revered and loved, but politicians are using laws that are meant to protect him to stifle legitimate criticism
Politics
Ten people who could change the world
- 08 January 2009
- 4 comments
We profile Chuka Umunna, Bobby Jindal, Xian Zhang, Joshua Foer, Athene Donald, Muhammad Bager Qalibaf, Laura Robson, Mosiuoa Lekota, Regina Papa, James Thornton
Asia
The India that is not and never was
- 04 December 2008
- 3 comments
These attacks were on a different scale - more open, more organised, more direct. But there are many other internal pressures that weigh just as heavily on India's future
Asia
Who's behind the Thai protests?
- 27 November 2008
- 6 comments
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
