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Jeremy Corbyn's victory is just the tip of the iceberg
Podemos, the SNP, the Green surge and even Ukip are all just part of the new politics, says Paul Hilder. Last year in Barcelona, housing campaigner Ada Colau stood up at a public meeting to say, “We...
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SRSLY #10: Catch Us If You Can
We talk genre-twisting action movie American Ultra, new Channel 4 series Hunted and BBC Radio 4 sitcom Cabin Pressure. This is SRSLY, the pop culture podcast from the New Statesman. Here, you can find...
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Against the odds, radio comedy has flourished in the internet age
So why isn’t the BBC making more of a fuss about it? If you stop and think about it, radio is a bit magic. You buy a box with a metal stick coming out of it and plug it into the mains and it connects...
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Why isn't David Cameron telling unionists to get back to work?
Northern Ireland is in crisis. The Prime Minister needs to knock some heads together, says Kevin Meagher. Let’s just recap what’s happened in Northern Ireland over the past month. The entire...
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Max Porter’s Grief is the Thing With Feathers: a new take on the Ted Hughes myth
Hughes’ Crow sprang up after the death of Sylvia Plath - now a debut novel brings the wild bird back. There are certain stories that seem to bear limitless retelling. Their reality already has the...
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The NS Podcast #115: Corbynmania Triumphs
The New Statesman Podcast. This week, we digest what the success of Jeremy Corbyn means for the Labour party. You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes here or with this RSS feed:...
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The gulf between politics and economics has never felt wider. How can we...
The lesson of 1992 and the crash that followed is that even when they seem at their most powerful, the Tories can still be beaten, says Alison McGovern. Does economics matter enough to those in...
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Is there left or right-wing bias on BBC Question Time?
A close look at the numbers for the 2014-15 season yields surprising results. In July, Question Time completed a record-breaking run of 39 episodes. As the stage props are retrieved from a few months...
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Natalie Bennett: "Politics is shifting in our direction"
The leader of the Greens talks Jeremy Corbyn, electoral reform and the end of the old order. Within minutes of Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader, Natalie Bennett tweeted her congratulations,...
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Edmund de Waal's The White Road follows the journey of creativity
White is a dangerous colour - and de Waal's journey shows the human cost of porcelain. White is a dangerous colour. It’s the colour of nothing, of new beginnings, of annihilation, effacement and...
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Modern music prioritises showmanship, but spare a thought for the unsung heroes
From kids playing at their first Fleadh Cheoil na h-Éireann to the uncelebrated session musicians of decades past. Back home in Ireland last month I paid a visit to the Fleadh Cheoil na h-Éireann, the...
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Should we ban sex robots?
A new campaign is pushing for a ban on the development of sex robots, arguing that they objectify women and perpetuate damaging sexual norms. Does it have a point? Over the next few years, one...
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Jeremy Corbyn's European U-Turn caps off a bad first week, but things will...
The Islington North MP's first week as Labour leader hasn't gone as planned, but his position will improve. The week ends with Jeremy Corbyn's first U-Turn: on Britain's membership of the European...
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No use crying: what happened in the Australian Labour spill – and where the...
If the ousted Tony Abbott faced challenges from the left of the party, Malcolm Turnbull will have to manage the right. Considering that Tony Abbott became leader of the Liberal Party of Australia...
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World Health Organisation makes progress in fight against malaria
Huge gains have been made by the United Nations’ Global Malaria Programme, reaching a crucial Millennium Development Goal. The World Health Organisation (WHO), the health body of the United Nations...
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How pop went indie at Tate Modern
“The World Goes Pop” shows a side of pop art we're not used to: global, challenging and politically angry. When pop art exploded in the 1960s, bits landed all over the world. There is a tendency to...
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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. Politics has been in the news in a big way in the UK and there’s an election coming in...
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Why Labour MPs won't defect
The party's modernisers don't want to leave their party, they want to reclaim it. Less than a week into Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, the defection rumours have already begun. The Tories are reported...
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Lidl's move shows that even in low-margin sectors, higher pay is possible
Lidl's adoption of the real living wage is excellent news, says the Resolution Foundation's Conor D'Arcy. The past few months have seen some big wins for low-paid workers. This morning’s welcome...
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There's more than meets the eye in the case of Gayle Newland
The idea of "gender fraud" requires a rethink, argues Alex Sharpe. This week witnessed yet another sexual offences conviction for gender fraud (three counts of sexual assault, to be specific) on the...
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