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Labour and the Greens need to work together

Coalitions on the left and the right will decide Britain’s future

By Ethan Croft

Is it finally time for proportional representation?

With England now a five-party system, first past the post feels less and less democratic

By Rachel Cunliffe

Vladimir Putin’s nightmares have come true

Russia’s leader has created the world he always feared

By Alexander Etkind

Local elections don’t matter

Councils are utterly, ruinously powerless

By Dan Taylor

The battle for Lambeth, Labour’s London stronghold

Can the Greens take Steve Reed’s fortress?

By Megan Kenyon

Just 1 per cent of Reform voters would consider supporting Labour

New polling casts doubts on Labour plans to win over Nigel Farage’s voters

By Bartholomew Roberts

In Scotland, Anas Sarwar faces a reckoning

On the campaign trail with the Scottish Labour leader

By Ethan Croft

A view of Britain from the Highlands

Also: a quirky kind of nationalism, and the wit of James Joyce

By Andrew Marr

Charles de Gaulle at war

October 1955: Reviewing the General’s war memoirs

By AJP Taylor

I bear little resemblance to my Wikipedia page

It had clearly been edited by someone trying to make me out to be an enemy of the people

By Nicholas Lezard

How do you picture yourself?

A Century in a Click is an ode to the romance of the photobooth

By Rachel Cunliffe

How cricket bent its rules

The game’s history is full of instances of foul play

By Mihir Bose

Letter of the week: Signs of decline

Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine

By New Statesman

Beer and sandwiches: At the Granta, Cambridge

This column is our weekly pub review, written by pintsmen, women and children across the nation. Suggestions to letters@newstatesman.co.uk

By New Statesman

Policy sclerosis is ravaging the NHS and Whitehall

Can it be cured?

By Phil Whitaker

Beef season two: Rich people are, like, so gross

The Emmy-winning programme is a terrific addition to a familiar archetype

By Nicholas Harris

Election broadcasts are disturbing psychological thrillers

Which of them is worst? They are all awful in their own way

By Will Dunn

Cats can now talk to humans. What are they trying to say?

Readers may suspect I have gone mad

By Rachel Cunliffe

In Istanbul, metaphor is on the menu

There’s lots to read, think about and eat in the gateway between East and West

By Finn McRedmond

When Steven Spielberg predicted AI

Steven Spielberg’s AI has been re-released 25 years on – and it offers a surprising perspective on today’s dystopian fears

By David Sexton