Political Islam won’t die with the ayatollah
Those willing Iran’s collapse miss the contemporary genius of its founding ideology
By
Tanjil Rashid
Tanjil Rashid is the culture editor at the New Statesman. He used to work at the BBC and the Financial Times.
Latest articles
Features on
All Articles
In the autumn of Salman Rushdie
The author’s late style in The Eleventh Hour, his new collection of fiction, reveals a venerable writer displaced by…
By
David Szalay’s Flesh wins the Booker Prize
The British-Hungarian writer is one of the more justly deserved laureates in recent years
By
Sarah Hall: “I wanted readers to experience dystopia”
The Goldsmith Prize-shortlisted author on making climate catastrophe feel real in fiction
By
How Israel warped the West
Since the 7 October attacks, humanitarian norms have been buried in the rubble of war
By
The Booker Prize 2025 shortlist
Six international authors compete for the high prize of English-language novels
By
The age of deportation
The haven that Britain once was is being dismantled. In its place a fortress rises.
By
Whit Stillman: “Why isn’t everyone obsessed with dancing?”
The cult film director on his fixation with youth, his connection to JFK, and memories of Studio 54.
By
From Ruth Larsen to Pirkko Saisio: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Pan by Michael Clune and Refuge: Stories of War (And Love) by Sunny Singh.
By