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On location
London is impossibly expensive for some investors – so where else should they look, asks Kate Chapman of AB Property Marketing It is a telling time for the UK property market. Headlines speak of...
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From borrower to investor
When Frank Mukahanana set up QuidCycle he had distinct ideas about what he wanted to achieve, as he tells Guy Clapperton The classic picture of a debt spiralling out of control is of someone...
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“It’s like Russian roulette”: On the road with the First Minister of Wales...
The only Labour politician in power (above a local level) in the UK discusses his plan to save steelmaking, leadership advice for Jeremy Corbyn, and Labour’s Welsh Assembly election campaign. Carwyn...
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The HH Podcast #1.1: Rewriting the novel
The Hidden Histories podcast. Welcome to the new Hidden Histories podcast series - The Great Forgetting: Women Writers Before Austen. In this first episode, Helen Lewis, Sophie Coulombeau and...
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Northern Ireland's power-sharing parliament may soon have an official opposition
Once one party is brave enough to leave the Executive and enter official opposition, others will be encouraged to follow suit. Election season is well under way in Northern Ireland as the parties hit...
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Outrage about Eat scrapping lunch pay ignores widespread exploitation in...
There really is no such thing as a free lunch. It’s been a tough week for conscientious young professionals. First they faced a daily pang of guilt for their morning latte, after Caffè Nero slashed...
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Jeremy Corbyn's late EU conversion is an asset to the Remain campaign
The Labour leader's journey from "undecided" to "In" offers an example for others to emulate. Jeremy Corbyn has never been an enthusiast for the EU. He voted against EEC membership in the 1975...
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GCHQ stopped a Harry Potter leak, but what do the books say about government...
A significant portion of the Harry Potter series is devoted to critiquing the invasions of a surveillance state. GCHQ, the government’s intelligence agency based in Cheltenham, has reportedly...
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The Labour dilemma of how to react to Zac Goldsmith’s London mayoral campaign
As racial politics from the Conservative camp intensifies, how are Labour figures and Sadiq Khan’s rival campaign reacting? The nastiness of Zac Goldsmith’s campaign for the London mayoralty has...
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How to be creepy: a comprehensive guide
Being a man who is Ted Cruz is a good start. What makes a clown creepier than a writer? Clowns, according to something that claims to be the “first empirical study of ‘creepiness’” top the list of...
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From being a “B52 liberal” to the crisis of young Europeans
My week in European politics, from London to Rome - via Berlin. Monday: London is a one-day stopover in a gruelling European tour to promote my book PostCapitalism. I’ve returned from Amsterdam to...
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Commons Confidential: Don Tony's blessing
From Jeremy Corbyn's jam sales to the Godfather of the Labour Party.Jeremy Corbyn’s office was frantic before his taxing confrontation with David Cameron, I’m told, as nervous aides checked and...
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Jaco Van Dormael is a director for the Buzzfeed generation
The Brand New Testament is full of precis and lightning-fast recaps. In the era of listicles, perhaps Van Dormael’s time has finally come? Few films in the early 1990s were as brisk and ingenious as...
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The unbridled, feral strangeness of Camping is the funniest thing I've seen...
Julia Davis's superbly twisted writing has created a gem. Plus: Scott & Bailey reviewed. Camping. It’s no fun, is it? I did it once as a kid and that was enough. Our family and another went to...
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When Matthew Perry was on Magic FM
Perry's slot was the funniest, and saddest, thing - with one beautiful ray of light. For the past two Saturdays (1pm-3pm), the actor who brought us Chandler in Friends has hosted afternoon slots on...
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Working as a diarist meant not caring about the people you hurt
When I was a diarist, I survived by becoming two things: a serious alcoholic, and facetious. We were the gaudy slurry-heap, depository of rumour and spite at a time when newspapers were still...
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Leader: The Panama fallout
Since being linked to the so-called Panama Papers, David Cameron has only made his position worse - with potentially worrisome ramifications for the EU referendum. After the outrage came the tax...
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The NS Podcast #143: Election Special
The New Statesman podcast. This week, the New Statesman podcast brings you an election special - with stories, scrutiny and stats straight from the campaign trails. Stephen Brasher, our “returning...
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Rachel Dolezal’s crime was that she proved the border between races is...
One reason why Dolezal makes us angry is we suspect that by identifying as black she has had “the best of both worlds”. But that's not the only reason. One of my oldest friends is half-Indian. His...
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Jeremy Corbyn's speech swept away any doubts about his commitment to EU...
Jeremy agrees with his MEPs and the wider party that the winning case for Britain to vote to remain in the European Union isn't based on defending Europe as it is today but making the case for change...
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