Comment A decade on from the New Statesman’s 100th anniversary, I’m flushed with reminiscence During the austerity decade, life at the magazine was coloured by gifted colleagues and celebrity guest edits. By Helen Lewis
The New Statesman podcast The New Statesman political editors’ reunion: covering Westminster from Thatcher to Sunak
Culture Helen Lewis’s notebook: The hubris of Cummings, and how to play Have I Got Lewis for You By Helen Lewis
Politics Helen Lewis’s Diary: Political gaslighting, learning to write in American, and linking the past with the present By Helen Lewis
Tom Stoppard’s new play Leopoldstadt is inseparable from its author’s biography There is no separating the artist and the art in Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt, which draws directly on his life as… By Helen Lewis
The relentlessly gynaecological joys of The Welkin Set in 1759, this play is messy, ambitious and genre-bending. By Helen Lewis
What we want: A hung parliament Neither Boris Johnson nor Jeremy Corbyn deserves to win the general election. By Helen Lewis
Jellyfish: exploring the sex life of a woman with Down’s syndrome “Can you hear that sound?” asks Kelly, holding one finger up in the air. “It’s my virginity, screaming.” Her… By Helen Lewis
Donmar Warehouse’s [BLANK] skewers middle-class feminist benevolence Plus: The Old Vic’s Lungs. By Helen Lewis
Chris Morris on his new terrorism satire The Day Shall Come The man behind Brass Eye and Four Lions tells Helen Lewis about the confected terrorism plots that inspired his new… By Helen Lewis
A Very Expensive Poison and Hansard: sets that make or break Two new plays, at the Old Vic and the National Theatre, both have incredible assets – but their set designs… By Helen Lewis
Hey, let’s “evolve” Lara Croft by having people try to rape her! "She is literally turned into a cornered animal." By Helen Lewis