
Why humans are fascinated by birds
Our obsession with creatures of flight, from Homer to Hamlet to Hitchcock.
ByOur obsession with creatures of flight, from Homer to Hamlet to Hitchcock.
ByThe President is Missing’s hero is an embattled Democratic president with “rugged good looks”. It’s not hard to see…
ByWithout its own code of manners, any social group would dissolve into anarchy.
ByWe already know that public school alumni dominate the system. But what about the movements that challenge it?
ByRonan Farrow’s War on Peace is a depressing, timely obituary for traditional American statecraft.
ByVainglorious sexual antics, boastfulness and scorn for democracy: has the blackshirt spirit returned in Donald Trump?
ByIt’s as though the ghost of Acker has taken possession of Laing, or a fugue-state Laing is escaping into…
ByIn an interrogation room in Syria, two members of the notorious “Beatles” terror cell joke about hostages and reminisce…
ByA surprise album might be a trick we’ve seen from Beyoncé before (twice), but it’s no less thrilling this…
ByThe Beatles had little interest in the making of Yellow Submarine. But, the animation in which they barely appear…
ByBritain is endowed with tremendous assets in terms of its knowledge infrastructure.
ByIt’s an astonishing play; if only the production weren’t turned up to 11 throughout.
ByWhen Reagan shook hands with Gorbachev, a “spark of mutual trust” ignited between the two. Now, Trump warmly greets…
ByTheresa May aspired to be a transformative prime minister and understood the need for change, but her tragedy is…
ByNot many writers come with lives as interesting as their books.
ByCorbyn’s biggest cheer was when he promised music lessons for primary kids. The Second Coming it wasn’t.
ByAs a young player he would super-companionably shake hands with the opposing team, even if they had just crucified his…
ByJournalists, and those engaged in White House Kremlinology, are now speculating that the Trumps’ marriage is all but over.…
ByThings have moved on: quinoa and protein shakes have taken the place of pies and puddings.
ByWhat does God look like? Or, more accurately, what do American Christians think he looks like?
ByThe Labour MP on how he remade himself as a backbench rebel on Grenfell, Windrush and Brexit.
ByMichael Gove and Liam Fox engaged in what an informant gleefully calls “blazing rows”.
ByIn Chechnya, for the past year LGBT+ people have been seized by state agents, detained without trial, tortured and,…
ByA selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
ByWhile the popular Ruth Davidson has transformed the position of the Scottish Tories, she has not transformed their personnel; meanwhile…
ByWho are the English and what do they want? The Brexit vote has been described as an English revolt, what Orwell called…
ByThere is, as Mrs May knows, no such thing as a “Brexit dividend” to fund an increase in health service…
ByThe hardest part of attending an accidentally private gig, I learned, was knowing the applause etiquette and what to…
By“You sound awfully ill,” I say solicitously, doing my best to provide a hint. I give up, and decide…
ByThe former FBI agent talks Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Seinfeld.
ByThe cruel separation of families at the border is not an unfortunate side-effect – it’s the whole point.
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