Barney Horner

Barney Horner is chief sub-editor, and the calmest person at the New Statesman.

Aunt Sally, Oxfordshire’s secret addiction

Watching the world singles final of England’s strangest and most mysterious field sport

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One wet summer over a century ago, Gilbert Jessop gave the country something to be cheerful about.

By Barney Horner

Also featuring Cooking in the Wrong Century by Teresa Präauer and The Lost Orchid by Sarah Bilston.

By Zoë Huxford, Zuzanna Lachendro, Michael Prodger and Barney Horner

Also featuring The Golden Throne: The Curse of a King by Christopher de Bellaigue and Waste Wars by Alexander…

By Michael Prodger, Zoë Huxford and Barney Horner

Also featuring The Way Ancient Greeks Matters by Reviel Netz and Gary Lineker: A Portrait of a Football Icon.

By Michael Prodger, Rachel Cunliffe, Zuzanna Lachendro and Barney Horner

The Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author on reclaiming the political novel, the chimera of choice under late capitalism, and Nicki Minaj.

By Barney Horner

Also featuring Taking the Lead by John Crace and The Silence of the Choir by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr.

By Harry Clarke-Ezzidio, Barney Horner, Zuzanna Lachendro and Nicholas Harris

Also featuring Red Threads by Henry Bell and The Story of Nature by Jeremy Mynott.

By Michael Prodger, Zuzanna Lachendro, Megan Kenyon and Barney Horner

Also featuring The Singularity by Dino Buzzati and The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma.

By Finn McRedmond, Barney Horner, Michael Prodger and Will Dunn