
How an influx of eastern European athletes brought British wrestling back from the brink
A 21st-century story of immigration, identity and the Olympic dream.
ByA 21st-century story of immigration, identity and the Olympic dream.
ByAchieving “good sleep” is becoming a new source of stress, which has been termed “orthosomnia”.
ByWe call the Vietnam War a tragedy. But it wasn’t a matter of fate: it was a choice.
ByFrom the Crossways estate in Bow to the Royal Albert Hall, grime music has fought its way to the centre…
ByOdd that Jordan Peterson didn’t choose giraffes, for whom most sexual encounters are male-male with penetration.
ByThe force of the second volume of Plath’s letter comes as Plath vents her fury towards Hughes repeatedly, letter…
ByProgressive politics in the 1990s turned away from class politics and solidarity in favour of group identities and self-realisation.
ByIt’s a good question, and one that will define the direction of British politics in the coming decade.
ByMazes are the epitome of a designed environment, of complexity, and yet they seem to emerge from somewhere dark…
ByAfter fighting the 2017 election on policies from its social democratic past, the party is now embracing a more…
ByA new poem by John Sibley Williams.
ByThe history of art is filled with family relationships: but perhaps the most distinguished is that between brothers-in-law Andrea…
ByThe denial to me of Commons security clearance and a raft of hostile stories suggests the intelligence services may be…
ByIt’s creepy and claustrophobic, but a depressing and bitter lead (Domhnall Gleeson) robs the film of the electrical charge…
ByIf lots of people dream of the visionary nature of a Tony Stark, those who really like Elon Musk…
ByCreator Phoebe Waller-Bridge really might, after all, be the best thing to happen to women and TV in 45…
ByComer’s turn as Villanelle is a piercing jolt of a performance that hits you like a hairpin to the…
ByThe playwright’s latest work nods most fondly to two classical texts he is connected with: Oedipus and Hamlet.
ByThe economist and peer on the cost of austerity and how “power structures” limit debate.
ByWhen I was at university I cooked pasta in a kettle. Today’s students share their carrot and coconut porridge and…
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from Westminster.
By“If tables could speak, this one would doubtless have a tale or two to tell.”
ByThe tabloidisation of papers means the Torygraph is the only one big enough to open out and spread against the chimney.
ByA selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
ByThe “Corbyn project” could continue without Corbyn as leader but it is harder to imagine it succeeding without the shadow…
ByThe poet and novelist talks enjoying getting lost, the art of living, and Mandela, Obama and Lincoln.
ByJames Tooley argues that by renting low-cost buildings and cutting out “frills”, private education can be brought within the means of…
ByNew term “orthosomnia” describes the insomnia brought on by paying too much attention to sleep-tracking apps.
ByThe Tories’ refusal to condemn Viktor Orbán’s authoritarian and anti-Semitic government leaves them in no position to lecture Labour.…
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