Tristram Hunt

Arts & Culture

Monumental mistakes

• 02 December 2002

Heritage wonks have colonised the past for profit, replacing understanding with kitsch. Give us back our history, demands Tristram Hunt

In 1990, Bee Wilson, now the NS food columnist, brought down the Thatcher government

• 21 January 2002

Politics

Britain's very own Taliban

• 17 December 2001

The New Statesman Christmas - Oliver Cromwell's Puritans were fundamentalists who banned Christmas, outlawed holly and covered up their women

Ideas

The New Statesman Essay - Let traitors flinch

• 27 August 2001

In the new Labour Party, the scarlet standard is out, the Union flag in; but ministers are still confused about patriotism

Politics

Once upon a time, a man with a quiff . . .

• 25 June 2001

Why do all politicians now need a "narrative"? Tristram Huntblames French intellectuals

Books

Victoria's pride

• 18 June 2001

The World for a Shilling
Michael Leapman Headline, 308pp, £14.99
ISBN 0747270120

Politics

Turn Whitehall upside down

• 04 June 2001

Election 2001 - Within days of the election result, Tony Blair could have made the most crucial decisions of the second term, writes Tristram Hunt

Society

The New Statesman Profile - Robert Putnam

• 12 March 2001

His firm belief that bowling leagues can save democracy has taken America by storm. Now, No 10 is also listening. Robert Putnam profiled

Politics

Back to the workhouse for America

• 22 January 2001

The US Presidency - Tristram Hunton how historians of Victorian England influenced George W Bush

Society

The New Statesman Profile - Victorian Britain

• 08 January 2001

Obsessed by a fear of revolution, haunted by a collapse of faith, it yet nurtured great minds, great art and a kind of socialism. Victorian Britain profiled