Sholto Byrnes
Sholto Byrnes is Assistant Editor of the New Statesman
Articles by Sholto Byrnes
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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
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
Music
The colour of music
- 01 November 2007
- 8 comments
The dissonance and abstraction of 20th-century composers influenced a generation of visual artists
Travel
Streets of shame
- 04 October 2007
- 4 comments
Once called "the Paris of the east", Bucharest still bears the scars of dictatorship
