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Suicide Squad v The Avengers: Why do DC’s superhero movies suck and Marvel’s...
Where DC heroes might be vulnerable to the likes of Kryptonite or the colour yellow, Marvel’s heroes struggle with alcoholism or debt. There’s a joke I keep seeing on Twitter – the kind that gets...
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Ed Miliband called for Jeremy Corbyn to quit months ago but everyone’s only...
The former Labour leader has endorsed Owen Smith. Twice. Some Labour supporters are keeping schtum about their loyalties during the leadership contest. But not Ed Miliband. On 29 June, Miliband...
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A new photoshopping chatbot shows artificial intelligence is more fun when...
Murphy, Microsoft's latest AI chatbot, is successful because it is smart, but not too smart. Artificial intelligence, the simulation of human imagination by computers and robots, is a young but...
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How Jeremy Corbyn will reshape Labour’s backrooms after victory
Plans are already being drawn up to remodel Labour's back offices – and Corbyn's own. “There’s always a civil war the year after the revolution,” one senior ally of Jeremy Corbyn’s quipped recently,...
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Meet the Labour politician who bucked the trend and beat the Scottish...
Backers of a progressive alliance are deeply misled, warns Daniel Johnson. “No one expected me to win,” said the Labour MSP Daniel Johnson, as he settled down in one of his constituency’s signature...
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The science of cupping: why the Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is covered in...
Sports fans have noticed a rise in the number of athletes with purple marks on their skin, resulting from a practice that is supposed to aid recovery and boost performance. When the most decorated...
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SRSLY #54: Stranger Things / Finding Dory / 8½
On the pop culture podcast this week: Netflix's Stranger Things, Pixar's Finding Dory, and Fellini's masterpiece 8½. This is SRSLY, the pop culture podcast from the New Statesman. Here, you can find...
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Globalisation has divided the North, but culture can unite it
The more we have opened ourselves up to the world, the more inward-looking we have become. Affleck’s Palace, the iconic indie emporium situated in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, was our Saturday home...
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What does entryism mean?
Unpicking the latest resurgence in political name-calling on the British left.Entryism (n) Entryism re-entered Labour’s lexicon in the summer of 2015 as thousands of members and supporters of other...
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Corbyn ally Steve Rotheram wins Labour nomination for Liverpool mayor
The MP for Liverpool Walton beat off rivals Luciana Berger and the current Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson. Steve Rotheram, a former Liverpool mayor and an MP (pictured left), will be Labour's candidate...
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Labour must drop its scepticism about metro mayors if it wants to deliver change
The party’s candidates are clear favourites, yet the national leadership remains sceptical of devolution. While polls suggest that Labour faces an uphill battle to win the next General Election, the...
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In this week's magazine | From Somme to Iraq
A first look at this week's issue.From the Somme to Iraq12 - 18 August issueCover story: From the Somme to Iraq. David Reynolds on why Britain should remember its military disasters.George Eaton: The...
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Jeremy Corbyn is the real winner of Labour's mayoral elections
The nominations were won by Corbyn loyalists in Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool. If you’re still unsure about the outcome of the Labour leadership contest, take a look at the party’s metro mayor...
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How Tony Benn’s deputy leadership campaign was defeated
There are notable parallels between the Labour party elections of 1981, and those of 2016.“Book a room off Westminster Hall. I’ll let you know who’ll be coming later.” John Silkin MP, who had...
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Labour MPs are likely to be deselected even without rule changes
"Trigger ballots" already offer members the means to remove opponents of Jeremy Corbyn. Jeremy Corbyn, it is regularly reported, intends to "bring back" the deselection of Labour MPs. Some...
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Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election would give the Labour left a chance to assure its...
Rule changes and deselections could allow the leader's allies to consolidate their power. On the night before he was defeated by Neil Kinnock in the 1988 Labour leadership election, Tony Benn told a...
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The NS Podcast #167: Mayoral special
The New Statesman podcast. In the week's second podcast, Helen and Stephen talk Labour politics in relation to Scotland, sexism and mayoral selections. Did anti-Westminster sentiment effect the...
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The GMB endorses Owen Smith. What does it mean?
Owen Smith's campaign has received an unexpected boost. In a contest devoid of shocks, the GMB’s endorsement of Owen Smith is the closest to a surprise in a Labour leadership race that otherwise looks...
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The Labour leadership battle is a game of dangerously personal politics
The Stop Corbyn camp is trying to undermine the Labour leader's character. There is a reason why some people are brought up not to talk about politics at the dinner table. Political discussion is a...
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Jeremy Corbyn's first policy chief warns he will lead Labour to 1931-style...
Neale Coleman made the remarks to members of his local party. If Jeremy Corbyn leads Labour into the next election, the party will be defeated "to the same level as in 1931", Neale Coleman, who was...
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