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Sonita: A film about an Afghan rapper is the most modern of fairy-tales
This week, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival will bring some of the world's most moving films to the big screen. But should we feel guilty for enjoying them?“Like other girls I’m caged and...
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Undercover is not the first prime time British TV drama with two black leads
And it overlooks UK television's very real diversity problem to say it is. This week, various media outlets have reported the fact that Undercover, a BBC One drama due this April and starring Sophie...
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What we can learn from the economic theories of a former Bank of England...
Mervyn King's The End of Alchemy is rigorous - but his “audacity of pessimism” may be more pessimistic than audacious. There are two Mervyn Kings. One is the brilliant academic economist: in the view...
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How women are falling behind in the race for apprenticeships
The government must do more to prevent women being shut out, says Sue Nye. Earlier this week I had the privilege of delivering a speech in the House of Lords on the eve of International Women’s Day,...
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It may surprise you to hear I was single-handedly responsible for keeping the...
Even as my column shrunk, my pay remained the same - until, the editor told me, only my departure could save the newspaper. By the end of the month, the print editions of the Independent and the...
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The day the Devil found my secret garden
I loved the walled garden until one day a sign appeared, placed there by developers and warning me to keep out. When I was 14 years old, I discovered what remained of an old, walled garden. It seemed...
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I know what you're thinking - but this graphic novel of Proust is a triumph
Stéphane Heuet's illustrated adaptation of Swann's Way is a triumph. The first response to À la recherche du temps perdu as a graphic novel is an involuntary memory of Monty Python and “the...
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George Osborne has failed. Now it's up to Labour to set out the alternative
We are setting out a real alternative, says Seema Malhotra. The papers today are full of stories of George Osborne, after six years at the helm, having to deal with the consequences of his own...
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Joanna Walsh’s Vertigo is artful and intelligent – but not wholly successful
Walsh's short stories are elegant, but the closed-off life they portray is an impoverished one for anybody.“Elegance is a function of failure,” says the narrator of Joanna Walsh’s Vertigo, a...
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Revealed: the secret report into Labour’s 2015 defeat
The report - published in full for the first time - encouraged Harriet Harman to lead Labour in abstaining on the Welfare Bill. */ Labour are seen as a party for the “down and outs” and people on...
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How do we know what we believe is true?
Ultimate Questions by Bryan Magee invites us to reconsider the very nature of truth - but its answers are sometimes vague. Famously or notoriously, a great physicist claimed some years ago that if we...
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Morning Call: The best from Gibraltar
A selection of the best articles about politics, business and life on the Rock from the last seven days. Seriously, the Europe issue and Brexit is gaining pace as it’s only just over three months...
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Jamala, the singer using Eurovision to highlight the persecution of the...
Although Eurovision song lyrics are not permitted to be political, the 2016 Ukrainian entry has found a way of bringing an historical injustice into present-day popular culture.“They come to your...
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Botticelli Reimagined at the V&A: rediscovering the artist through his legacy
These eight paintings and 86 drawings suggest Botticelli had more in common with Dolce & Gabbana or Andy Warhol than we realise.*/ How can you truly see something your eyes have rested on hundreds...
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The German elections weren't a protest against Angela Merkel's refugee policy
Far from rejecting the Chancellor's stance, most voters backed candidates who support it. After the German state election results were released last night, the British press swiftly presented them as...
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The end for Angela Merkel? It's more complicated than that
It would be brave to bet against the CDU or its leader at the general election, explains Dan Hough. On the face of it, Sunday’s regional elections in Germany would appear to have gone disastrously...
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New Statesman Tech: B2B editor wanted
The New Statesman is launching a new B2B tech vertical, and is looking for a writer/editor. The New Statesman's parent company, Progressive Media, is launching a B2B tech vertical, building on the...
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Anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, Oxford University, and me
Alex Chalmers, who quit the Oxford University Labour Club over anti-Semitism, writes on where the left went wrong. At the Labour Party conference back in September 2015, the shadow foreign secretary...
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Do we really need another drama about Hitler?
A new series being produced in Germany seeks to portray Hitler as a human being, in an attempt to explain an evil that seems inexplicable. A comedy about Hitler waking up in modern Germany will debut...
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Memo to Mark Serwotka
The general secretary of the PCS has called for Corbyn's critics to be deselected as MPs. Jamie Reed, a Labour MP, responds. Dear Mark, Welcome back to the Labour Party. It's been 25 years since you...
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