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PMQs review: Jeremy Corbyn enjoys his best performance to date
The Labour leader shrewdly exploited Tory divisions over forced academisation. After eight months as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn is getting the hang of this PMQs business. His performance today was...
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In this week's magazine | Shakespeare 400 years later
A first look at this week's issue.22 - 28 April issueShakespeare 400 years laterGeorge Eaton: Yes, the Remain campaign is “Project Fear” – and the strategy is working. PLUS Stephen Bush on Remain’s...
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Labour big beasts make the environmental case for the EU
Nine Labour ministers and shadow ministers say Brexit threatens action on climate change. The prospect of British exit from the European Union poses “a threat to so many environmental achievements that...
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When it comes to financial literacy, millennials are a lost generation
Finances can be the first thing to go when you feel you have no control over your life – but they can also buoy you through the choppy seas of your twenties. One rainy Friday afternoon, I am sifting...
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The fabulous weirdness of Martin John - a novel composed by its protagonist
Martin John by Anakana Schofield is formulated by the endless tinkering and fiddling of its outsider narrator. Didn’t Pascal remind us that to judge less we need to understand more? Blake Morrison had...
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Has Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination?
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both had a successful night in their home state of New York. Big wins for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in New York last night helped solidify their positions atop...
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Captain America’s latest outing is the antidote to Batman v Superman’s poison...
Those concerned about the future of comic book movies and inter-superhero discord, fear not! Captain America: Civil War saves the day. The catastrophe earlier this year of Batman v Superman: Dawn of...
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Victoria Wood’s greatest moments
From chip shop sing-songs to life after death.*/ After hearing the very sad news of Victoria Wood’s death at just 62, we remember her greatest moments. When she composed the most romantic love song of...
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Following the unemployment figures, has George Osborne's recovery run out of...
Record employment is not a position to be sniffed at, but we shouldn’t be satisfied that this is as good as it gets. Despite the noise, the news in today’s labour market data is not the slight increase...
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The topic that taught me to read – in spite of myself
New Statesman staff members India Bourke and Henry Zeffman talk about how books crept up on them via other interests. Henry Zeffman on football books – and why he could still play for Liverpool. . ....
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By winning the economic argument, the Remain campaign believes it will win...
To secure Brexit, the Leave campaign must overturn the most stubborn law in politics. It was in 1992, the year the Maastricht Treaty was signed, that the strategy on which Britain’s EU membership now...
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Happy birthday Your Majesty - but the end of the monarchy is near
While the British people don’t yet equate their instincts and values with the abolition of the monarchy there is a general shift towards republicanism of a very British kind. Yes, ok – we’re all happy...
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David Cameron’s future depends on how much the UK loves Barack Obama
The “Atlantic bridge” between the US and the UK looks creakier than anyone could have predicted. Even after nearly two terms in office, Barack Obama still travels remarkably well. A Pew poll last year...
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Coral reefs, avocados and most bears: what we could lose to climate change
Enjoy them while you can. Australia's Great Barrier Reef is, it turns out, bleaching itself. Scientists flew along all 1,400 miles of the world's largest coral reef system, and have estimated that...
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The choice for women is obvious - vote Remain
The EU forced the UK to be more progressive on maternity leave, sex discrimination and equal pay. In 1558, a clergyman called John Knox published a polemical tract called The First Blast of the...
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Why is it unspeakable to be a republican in Britain?
It’s peak Britishness – we tolerate the Royal family alongside the other things we find a bit annoying but don’t do anything about. I don’t like the monarchy. I don’t like the crockery plastered with...
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Leader: An American in London
Some may question if Barack Obama has a right to contribute to the EU referendum debate. But his long involvement with the UK has earned him the right to be respectfully heard. When Barack Obama was...
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Dear George Osborne, it's time to tackle tax dodging
We need plain speaking on tax, not Double Dutch. Dear Chancellor, You may have noticed that tax dodging is rather big news these days. It’s the key item on the agenda this Friday for your meeting in...
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Spies invaded privacy to send birthday cards, new documents show
Intelligence services also admit they collect personal data on people "unlikely to be of interest" to national security. A tranche of internal documents obtained from UK intelligence services sheds...
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From school books to publishing, black girls deserve better representation
Black and mixed ethnicity girls are more likely to read than any other ethnic group. So why are there so few books for them? As a child, I remember spending most nights sneaking on my bedside lamp so...
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