
Books of the Year: authors on their favourite books of 2016
From Eimear McBride to Stuart Maconie, The Argonauts to Transit, writers share their picks of the year.
ByFrom Eimear McBride to Stuart Maconie, The Argonauts to Transit, writers share their picks of the year.
ByFrom Jason Cowley to John Bew, the New Statesman team share their favourite book of 2016.
ByPoliticians from both sides of the House share their picks of the year.
ByFour new books, from the cast that brought us Brexit, chronicle the end of one political age – and…
ByThough foreign leaders may hope for the best from Donald Trump, they must prepare for the worst.
ByThe Twitterati have discovered that I’ve recently been less than flattering about Corbyn. Luckily, by the next day, it's…
ByCertain communities aside, we Britons today aren’t big fish fans. Can places like Billingsgate Market teach us to love…
ByOut in the Rust Belt, I didn't know the people I was meeting would shortly hand Trump the presidency. Britain…
ByKids on the Edge made me wonder why the adults agreed to let their children be filmed. Plus: the adaptation…
ByShe was nicknamed Trump’s “secret weapon”; now she's on her father's transition team. Yet campaign observers have questions about…
ByWaking up in Donald Trump’s America.
BySusie Orbach's In Therapy has turned from an oddity to a thrilling drama.
ByTrump's theatrical politics are a betrayal of the disenfranchised. To move forward, we need better analysis of and investment in…
ByA new poem by Joe Dunthorne.
ByAs a dual US/UK citizen, I'm finding the best thing to do is seek distraction. But what genre of…
ByFarron's woolly interests, Barzun's missing drinks, and the musical side of the military.
ByBack in the Land Rover, doors locked, we watched the action begin. . .
ByThis week in politics, from Farage in New York to the new nationalism sweeping the West – and the problem of defining Trump.
ByIt's time for more immigration – not less.
ByIts 1.7 billion users were treated to articles about how the Pope backs Trump and Clinton is dying. It's time…
ByThe US election was a contest between obvious vulgarity and devious vulgarity.
ByFewer soft furnishings, hard tiled floors – or a concerted effort to get diners out the door quickly?
ByThrough the clear plastic of his carrier bag, I spotted the bright orange boxes of four EpiPens: syringes pre-filled…
ByTrump’s public investment plans will give markets a boost but could end up hurting the world.
ByNaomi Alderman's The Power imagines how women would behave if they, not men, were the dominant gender.
ByThe new Harry Potter spin-off barely has enough material for one film, let alone the five its creator has promised.
ByThe US election result and Brexit have shown that political revolution is possible, says the former Greek finance minister.
ByShe was her country's first female combat pilot, and stood trial in Moscow after being captured in eastern Ukraine. Now, she's…
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