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How the Conservatives woke up to the importance of the World Service
After risking its existence, George Osborne has woken up to the importance of the World Service. In a change to his usual programming, the George Osborne used the spending review to announce...
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The BBC's Capital is that rare thing: an adaptation better than the book
It may not make for happy viewing, but excellent acting elevates Capital above its rather schematic progenitor. Be warned: the BBC’s adaptation of John Lanchester’s somewhat schematic 2012 novel...
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My time as an old woman with a £4,000 prosthetic face, working for the Daily...
On the Tube, a man offered me his seat. “I’m not an old woman,” I told him. “I’m a Daily Mail features writer wearing a prosthetic face.” He moved away. I was, for a time, a Daily Mail features...
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How a dark night for Paris was made easier by British messages of support
The French ambassador to the UK reflects on the Paris attacks, and how Britain's response helped make the aftermath more bearable. I was at a dinner with members of London’s French community when news...
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Why divided Brussels is the perfect hideout for jihadists
Counterterrorism requires on-the-ground policing in tandem with centralised control. Belgium’s fragmented political set-up is not conducive. In Belgium, Santa Claus comes to town early. Children get...
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Why a group of Brunel students walked out on Katie Hopkins instead of...
"We silently walked out because Ms Hopkins has the right to speak, but we also have the right to express our discontent." Earlier this week, columnist and all-round provocateur Katie Hopkins turned up...
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Majority of shadow cabinet back air strikes in Syria but Labour position...
Jeremy Corbyn spoke against military action but was supported by just four other shadow cabinet members. Labour's shadow cabinet has just met for the first time since David Cameron made his case for...
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It’s been 25 years since the Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive were released...
Gaming may be a lonelier pusuit now, but there have been positive changes you can console yourselves with too. Let's not act as if neither of us knows anything about gaming, regardless of how old we...
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The twelve tricks in George Osborne's spending review
All Chancellors use chicanery, and George Osborne is no exception. There is no great shame to a wheeze: George Osborne is no more or less partial to them than other Chancellors before him. Politicians...
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I'm far from convinced by Cameron's plans for Syria
The Prime Minister has a plan for when the bombs drop. But what about after? In the House of Commons today, the Prime Minister set out a powerful case for Britain to join air strikes against Isil in...
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The NS Podcast #125: Security and the State
The New Statesman podcast. This week Jason Cowley interviews the philosopher John Gray about the future of the State. We also discuss the spending review and the tampon tax, then finish up with...
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Britain's shrinking democracy
10 million people - more than voted for Labour in May - will be excluded from the new electoral roll. Despite all the warnings the government is determined to press ahead with its decision to close...
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Don't let the spin hide George Osborne's tax rises
Far from U-Turning, Osborne has simply changed the way he hits the working poor. Nothing should distract from the fact that yesterday George Osborne announced another £28bn of tax rises that will hit...
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How can the left make the case for immigration?
All too often, we drift into telling people we want to convince that they just don't get it. We don’t give the public enough credit. You’ll often hear their views dismissed with sighs in intellectual...
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Behind Carol: the photographers who influenced Todd Haynes’ award-winning film
“It seamlessly evokes the period by paying homage to the great photography of the time.” Variously dubbed “woozy” “stunning” and “gorgeous”, Todd Haynes’ Carol has earned widespread critical praise for...
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What is "narrow banking" - and could it put finance right?
Other People’s Money and Between Debt and the Devil approach finance from different angles, but arrive at a single policy. How much finance do we really need? The unprecedented explosion in the size of...
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Does the UK care enough about climate change to admit it is part of the problem?
The government’s energy policies make can make it hard to decipher its commitment to emissions reduction.“People tell me it’s ridiculous to be flying for a climate change project but you have to get...
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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. There will be some red eyes on the Rock this morning as politicians stayed up awaiting election...
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The attack on Les Bleus was an attack on the soul of France - that's why Euro...
As a continent reels politically from the refugee crisis and emotionally from the Paris attacks, football must find a new, confident voice. After the Paris attacks, the great Bill Shankly’s words have...
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What it’s like to be a Syrian refugee in Paris
“We fled from terror and it found us again here. It feels like it is always behind us, stalking us.” Walid al Omari arrived in Paris a little less than a month ago. Having fled the slaughter of his...
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