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London needs a mayor who will fight for solar
The capital's new mayor will be elected mere days after the signing of the Paris climate agreement. In just a few days’ time, leaders from over 130 countries will gather in New York City to...
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The trials and triumphs of learning to read in a second language
Deputy Web Editor Anoosh Chakelian and Sub-editor Yo Zushi share their stories of learning to read in Armenian and English. Anoosh Chakelian on learning Armenian Even as a child, I had an inkling that...
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Men for all seasons: how David Szalay condenses a lifetime into a year
Not all of the protagonists in All That Man Is are admirable, or even likable - but it pulls us completely into their worlds. The fourth book by David Szalay, who was named one of Granta’s “Best of...
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Prisoners are allowed to receive books again – but why are literacy rates in...
More must be done to help offenders' access to literacy, both in and outside the prison system. After all, their education benefits everyone. I started my professional life as an adult literacy...
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Russia is here to stay - the UK should engage with it
Britain must follow America’s lead and attempt to defuse conflicts with Russia. Russia is here to stay. As the largest country by area, the sixth largest economy, the ninth largest population, and a...
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Simon Danczuk MP: My run-in with The Sun, and what it reveals about John...
The Rochdale MP recalls being at the eye of a media storm, and calls on the Culture Secretary – also in the news for his association with a dominatrix – for press reforms. It is the conversation that...
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Michael Gove gambles as he rejects single market membership
The Leave campaign's move offers its opponents new economic ammunition. For months, EU supporters have been demanding clarity from the Leave campaign on what post-Brexit model it would seek. Would it...
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Of course Jeremy Corbyn's not anti-fast food - he went to the British Kebab...
The truth is that the anti-Corbyn brigade will always place themselves on the other side to the Labour leader, says Liam Young. Who needs McDonald’s when you’ve got McDonnell, am I right? That is...
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Only yourself to blame: how stigma is making us fatter
Interacting with health-care professionals has been a long-standing problem for obese people. It's time to tackle the question of weight without prejudice. This month, researchers from across the...
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An inspector calls and the practice is festooned with green “I Am Clean”...
I became wary of staying still for any length of time lest I, too, should be doused and dried, and have a green sticker slapped in the middle of my forehead. We’ve been preparing for months. We...
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Thirteen going on fifty: Julie Burchill finds her teenage self in Jackie the...
People can be sniffy about jukebox musicals but in my opinion they are infinitely preferable to overblown and pretentious middlebrow stuff. Stepping inside the Theatre Royal, Brighton on a frisky...
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SRSLY #40: Victoria, Undercover, Monument Valley
On the pop culture podcast this week: extraordinary one-take film Victoria, BBC drama Undercover and mobile game Monument Valley.*/ This is SRSLY, the pop culture podcast from the New Statesman. Here,...
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The government is shying away from real devolution
The Labour Party has always pushed for further decentralisation and devolution - we want to empower communities. Politics in our country needs to be reshaped. Labour stands up for major devolution of...
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For the love of God: how Rowan Williams illuminates the philosophy of St...
What Williams shows, in essay after essay, is that Augustine’s conversion to Christianity changed everything. This is a book that I have been waiting all my adult life to read – though I did not...
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Charlotte Brontë at 200: it’s time to look beyond Jane Eyre
The Professor, Villette, Shirley: there’s so much more to her work than just Mr Rochester. The celebrations among literature lovers for Charlotte Brontë’s 200th birthday on 21 April popularly seem like...
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The complicated Jewishness of Benjamin Disraeli
Disraeli: the Novel Politician by David Cesarani reveals the complex identity of the Tory icon. David Cesarani, who died last year at the tragically early age of 58, was one of the most distinguished...
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What literacy can do for children in institutions
In many parts of the world, children are seperated from their families with a false promise of education. For one family, however, literacy led to a reunion.*/ We may just about grasp the challenges...
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The facts are on his side. The press isn't. Welcome to the left, David Cameron
The battle to keep Britain in the European Union is the first away fixture of the Prime Minister's career. Britain’s band of Brexiteers like to complain that the battlefield is stacked against them,...
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To stave off further crises the EU must open up
We must do more than argue for the European Union as it is today or rely on ‘lack of war’ as a way to persuade people to stay. Europe is currently in the midst of an existential crisis. The dark winds...
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We have to teach girls about more than just consent – let’s teach them refusal
It’s impossible to ignore that the latest research into sexualisation in schools shows that the lives being blighted are very nearly always female ones. There’s a lot that’s depressing in the Women...
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