April 2019 - New Statesman

By all accounts, President Trump is good at golf – and especially good for a man of 72 with a…

By Giles Smith

I didn’t have a moment with an office door closing, a chair pulled up and a consultant breaking the bad…

By Jeremy Bowen

I was terrified most of the time. This was during my first encounter with Europe in 1948 when I went…

By Antonia Fraser

This post first appeared on the author’s Facebook page. Thank you everyone who has sent good wishes and solidarity following…

By Sophie Walker

Theresa May’s ill-fated premiership will be over soon. She has said that she will stand down and any number of…

By New Statesman

After a couple of weeks of suffering the same, and thinking it would be best not to, I eventually decide…

By Nicholas Lezard

Columbus may not have “discovered” the Americas, but capturing a Mayan trading canoe full of cocoa beans in 1502 nearly…

By Felicity Cloake

Joy Division are now a global brand. Here, Jon Savage restores them to the local – to the time, place…

By Lavinia Greenlaw