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Tissues and issues for Labour: Corbynite celebrity Charlotte Church votes...
The singer, who championed Corbyn's leadership, has voted for Labour's rivals in the Welsh Assembly election. Charlotte Church, hot on the anti-auserity campaign trail and a regular at pro-Corbyn...
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Q&A: What happened at Barnet's polling stations this morning?
Eager democrats who arrived early in the morning to vote in the London elections were turned away. What’s going on? When polls first opened at Barnet’s 155 polling stations at 7 this morning, many...
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The far right rises as the Nordic welfare model is tested to breaking point...
Writing from Stockholm, the New Statesman’s editor observes how mass immigration has tested the old Scandinavian model of welfare capitalism. In the summer of 1999 I was commissioned by a Scandinavian...
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Boris Johnson's "juddering climax"? Don't let it distract you from his record...
As Johnson finishes his term as mayor of London, his own parting shot leaves this mole feeling cold. Initially, the feeling down here in the Mole townhouse was that Boris Johnson's "Operation...
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Hearing Bach re-imagined makes it clear why he still reigns supreme
Between the delights of reconstructed sonatas and Thomas Gould's "violin hair", the paradoxically intricate simplicity of Bach shone in Baroque Encounters. It was the American billionaire and composer...
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Florence Foster Jenkins shows the delight of love’s delusions
This new film about a notoriously bad singer, starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, is an unusually honest portrayal of how relationships work. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice is all very...
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Michael Gove's quiet revolution could transform prisoner education
To anyone with a passing interest in prisoner education it is clear that current levels of education and training are simply inadequate. Justice Secretary Michael Gove is quietly embarking on the most...
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The New Statesman is looking for a new cartoonist
An open call for submissions for the NS back page cartoon. We’re looking for a new cartoonist! The back page of the New Statesman has a weekly cartoon slot and we’re looking for a new artist to fill...
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Whither big balls? Grayson Perry investigates masculinity better than anyone...
Grayson Perry: All Man shows Perry's strength as an unjudgemental presenter. Plus: Chasing Dad reviewed. Unusual, clever and articulate, Grayson Perry is catnip to journalists. We regard him as A Good...
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Is there a Guardian bias on Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme?
Call me paranoid, but I've long had my suspicions – and this line-up cast all doubts aside. I’ve long wondered, on and off, whether I was just being paranoid about the flurries of bias on the...
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Commons confidential: The nuclear option
Hunt's six day week, Cameron's missing tweet and growing tensions within Labour.It’s UN blue helmet time for the deputy leader Tom Watson as he struggles to keep the peace between Labour’s warring...
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Appearing in a book is strange – being an actual character must be stranger
Much as it jolts me to come across a reference to my music in something I'm reading, at least it's not me. I was happily immersed in the world of a novel the other day, Rachel Elliott’s Whispers...
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The BBC's Question Time shows how narrow our establishment really is
35 per cent of all panellists in the show's history attended Oxford or Cambridge. In February the Sutton Trust published a report digging into the backgrounds of professionals across a wide range of...
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I've started getting "hangover shame"– only for my entire adolescence
My new friend was rich, and I had to do something to impress her. So I told her I had a horse. You know how, after a big night out, you lose consciousness with deep satisfaction, knowing that this is...
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In defence of orientalism, the case against Twenty20, and why Ken should...
My week, from Age Concern to anti-semitism. Returning late from a party I never much wanted to go to, I leap up and down in the middle of the Harrow Road in the hope of flagging down a taxi, but the...
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The New Statesman 2016 local and devolved elections liveblog
Results and analysis from elections across the United Kingdom. */ Welcome to the New Statesman's elections liveblog. Results will be coming in from the devolved legislatures in Scotland and Wales,...
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Election results in Scotland: the SNP fails to secure a majority as Scottish...
Ruth Davidson’s Conservative Party looks on track to become the official opposition in Holyrood. As expected, the SNP have performed well in the Scottish elections, with an increased vote share and...
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Election results in Wales: Labour on course to remain the largest party
Despite a shock victory for Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood, Welsh Labour will be able to govern without a coalition. Labour have posted good results in Wales, where the party remains on course to be...
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Leicester City's ascent shows how being a good loser can make you a great...
Claudio Ranieri wasn't expected to take a team to the top of Premier League. But dignity can earn you second chances. Dignity isn’t so dated after all. Claudio Ranieri, champion; José Mourinho,...
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UK election results: your guide to what's happened so far
Everything you need to know about the local and regional elections. Scotland To little surprise, the SNP will be staying in government at Holyrood as the largest party by an overwhelming margin....
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