A perilous age
From Israel and Iran to Ukraine and Russia, nations across the globe are engaged in existential battles.
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Letter of the week: The Chancellor of tomorrow
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Thom Yorke’s Hamlet is brilliantly rendered sacrilege
In an inventive theatrical mash-up, Radiohead’s album Hail to the Thief perfectly articulates the prince’s torment.
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From the archive: The revolution turns to repression
August 1979: Six months after the Iranian Revolution, Fred Halliday surveys the Islamic Republic.
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This England: From the carvery
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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My dad was that thing every child wishes their parents could be: cool
He did not want emotional, protracted goodbyes, and so we did not say any.
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Hangovers I have known
The barman who made our pre-dinner Martinis was good at his job, and this may be where our problems began…
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Thought experiment 12: The Teletransporter
What links Star Trek’s Enterprise and the Ship of Theseus from Greek mythology? A question of continuous personal identity that…
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My neglected garden is as pleasing as it’s ever been
Soft grass, roses and tangling clematis entwine, all in a year when I’ve never done less gardening.
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Living by the sword
The history that shapes Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Outrageous: a Mitfords rehash too many
A TV retelling of the famous sisters’ lives is cartoony, exaggerated and too determined to be modern and droll.
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A samurai lost in the wilderness
John Maclean’s revenge thriller Tornado showcases for Scotland’s beautiful landscape, but the film has little to say.
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Martha Wainwright, in her own right
The musician’s career has been helped and hampered by her famous name – and her live shows embody her struggle…
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Edward Burra’s tour of the 20th century
The English painter’s relish for subcultures took him across genres and continents.
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Brian Cox: “Starmer? I just can’t take the man!”
The actor on being a “white dinosaur”, his problem with humanity, and why he wouldn’t play Trump.
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The search for queer cinema
Ryan Gilbey’s unconventional memoir It Used to Be Witches is wrapped in the film critic’s study of LGBTQ+ movie-making.
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Princess Diana’s kinder Britain
A new biography plays down the royal’s cultural impact – but her gift for capturing the zeitgeist softened the hard edges…
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The cosplay dictator
Trump has learned dangerous lessons from other strongmen.
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The dangerous new neoconservatism
Europe has a lot to losing by backing Israel now.
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Mrs Brown’s Boys and the BBC’s Farage problem
The broadcaster’s attempts to win back trust among Reform supporters is good for democracy.
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