Paul Dacre was Fleet Street’s last silverback gorilla
No other editor will have the same power he had during his 26 years at the Mail. His departure from…
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Who sunk Brexit?
Letter of the week: Counting sheep
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
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How the Brexiteers lost control
The greatest enemy of Brexit is Brexit itself: it could never be delivered in the terms it was promised.
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Poland is rewriting history – and the consequence is the rise of anti-Semitism
A visit to a concentration camp reveals that an illiberal government is reshaping the reality of the Holocaust.
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Elizabeth Warren is the darling of the Democrats. So could she be the next US president?
The high-profile, progressive senator may have ruled out a 2020 run for the White House, but a lot can happen…
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Love Island is a mirror revealing the society that we have become
As well as pure escapism, the show can help young people unsettled by #MeToo learn the boundaries between what is…
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Press and party are deserting Theresa May – how long can she stagger on?
There are plenty available to replace her: Michael Gove, Sajid Javid, Boris Johnson, Cameroon dark horse Jeremy Hunt and…
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Flann O’Brien: the demon jester of Dublin
The collected letters of O’Brien shed a new light on the man behind the dazzling satirical novels.
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Tom Watson’s diary: My “diminished figure” and the final round with Murdoch
Labour’s deputy leader talks about his weight loss and his mission to hold journalism to account.
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Cells
A new poem by Fiona Benson.
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Unelected power: banking’s biggest dilemma
We don’t believe politicians and we don’t trust experts – so who is fit to run our central banks?
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The rise, fall and return of Shirley Collins, heroine of English folk music
In the beery, beardy world of folk music, Collins – a young, working class woman – had few people…
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Wrestliana: a disarmingly honest memoir of literary disappointment – and Cumberland wrestling
Brain and brawn combine in Toby Litt’s book about his wrestling champion ancestor.
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Crumbling Britain: the UK’s pothole plague is a sign of national decline
As cyclists and drivers are endangered, politicians too could be toppled by the deteriorating state of our roads.
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A Weekend in New York: an over-crowded and confusingly transatlantic novel
This book is like a party so loud and crowded you leave without a single memorable conversation.
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How Edinburgh is facing a homelessness crisis
The Scottish capital is the fastest-growing UK city after Manchester – and has an opportunity to learn from London’s mistakes.…
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The Mars Room: Rachel Kushner’s tale of a women’s prison and its inmates
More than confinement, the novel asks questions about judgement and power.
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Mark Lilla: the nemesis of “identity liberalism”
The US intellectual defends his claim that left-wing identity politics is to blame for the rise of Donald Trump.
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Trump’s summit with Kim was all theatre, no substance
Both men understand that it is perceptions – the selling of narratives – rather than facts that really matter. …
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The changing shape of Britain’s mosques
How Muslims are learning how to adapt their places of worship to 21st-century society.
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The problem with being Oscar: why Rupert Everett struggles in The Happy Prince
A role like this presents a particular challenge for Everett.
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Commons Confidential: Nicky Morgan’s wildly fluctuating vowels
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Loath as I am to agree with Piers Morgan, Love Island is for morons
Why do highly educated, middle-class people go mad for the show?
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The face-fanning, lust-driven podcast Thirst Aid Kit
Episodes consider the sex appeal of Tom Hardy, Colin Farrell and Tom Hiddleston.
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The Tories shouldn’t be so sure that Corbyn can’t win in the British “rust belt”
Labour leader improved his standing with voters at the last election, when they saw more of him on TV, and he…
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Paul Dacre may be out but don’t expect a revolution at the Mail
New editor Geordie Greig may have a personally softer stance on Brexit but hard opinions from columnists will still…
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All-female crime caper Ocean’s 8 is too sleek to be truly fun
Their scheme runs like Rolex clockwork. You never feel the shiver of risk.
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Listen to Political Football, the NS’s World Cup podcast
For the duration of the tournament in Russia we will discuss football and politics and the politics of football.
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Leader: President Trump’s “Nationalist International”
Trump prefers dictators to democratic leaders because the latter expect him to understand political complexity and nuance.
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Laura Linney is captivating in My Name is Lucy Barton
Rona Munro and Richard Eyre have skilfully translated a novelistic monologue into a solo stage show.
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To me, the grey heron is the master cricketer of the shore
That combination of long stillness with moments of extraordinary speed and precision.
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Even when you’re driving a Vauxhall Boring on the M6, a shunt is a shunt
“Thank God Mum isn’t here to see this,” says the boy.
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I lived through “heroin chic” and fetishised skinniness – I’m not sure how to feel about that now
On that album cover we look like the epitome of hunger, but we also look hip, and we knew…
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Lessons learnt from a man who just couldn’t stop himself from falling asleep
Sleep apnoea and narcolepsy were ruled out – until Ben remembered that sometimes his legs would buckle beneath him.
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Marilynne Robinson Q&A: “Obama was full of respect for American law and tradition“
The US novelist on great American heroes.
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