The New Statesman’s most read of 2023
Our pick of the best writing and biggest moments from the past year.
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The best New Statesman interviews of 2023
Conversations with the people at the centre of this year’s biggest stories.
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Man’s weather obsession
31 March 1917: Man has for centuries prayed for fine weather. He has even tried to invent it. Clearly it…
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Milan Kundera’s identity crisis
In renouncing his homeland and despairing of European culture, the Czech novelist walks in the footsteps of Kafka.
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From the NS archive: Ulster’s heart-stopping moment
3 April 1998: Peace talks are reaching a conclusion, but can nationalist and unionist leaders persuade their supporters to accept…
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From the NS archive: Still on the edge of terror
22 May 1998: Irish republicans have at last accepted partition. That is the true meaning of the Good Friday agreement.…
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From the NS archive: Mrs Thatcher’s war of bogus principles
21 May 1982: If Thatcher is right, then the price of ejecting the Argentines from the Falklands, however high, will…
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From the NS archive: A merry Christmas
23 December 1922: How to negotiate the many contradictions of the festive season.
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