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Lady Chatterley’s Lover: Did D H Lawrence and his gamekeeper really dislike...
Following the BBC’s adaptation of the classic and controversial novel by D H Lawrence, Dr Sally Minogue examines the book, the characters and the author from a feminist perspective. On the first day...
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If Jeremy Corbyn was wrong on Northern Ireland, so was Nelson Mandela
The veteran MP's Northern Irish associations have been put under the spotlight - but its overhyped, argues Kevin Meagher. As a classic “campaigning backbencher”, Jeremy Corbyn holds radical views on a...
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A train groaned in the distance. Feeling uneasy, I checked the toilet for...
I don’t mind the frisson of fear – without it, I might relapse into Kingoonya altogether. At Kingoonya, all that’s left are the pub and a single block of dented, corrugated-iron bungalows, islanded...
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Consumer empowerment – the essential ingredient for a competitive energy market
By Sacha Deshmukh, Chief Executive, Smart Energy GB In July the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published the provisional findings of its year-long investigation into the energy market. The...
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Even if Corbyn wins, there's still a place for socialists in the Green party
Socialists and ecosocialists will still have a vital role to play within the Green party, argues Josiah Mortimer. The rise of Jeremy Corbyn in the current Labour leadership race has - it’s become a...
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Photos: Refugees being welcomed and celebrating in Austria and Germany
A snapshot of the reactions of refugees and locals as Austria and Germany open their borders after days of chaos in Hungary. After travelling miles, the thousands of refugees who streamed into Germany...
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Dear Prime Minister – it’s time to do much, much more to help Europe’s refugees
The current government position is bad policy, bad politics and a betrayal of a proud British tradition. Dear Prime Minister and Home Secretary, We the undersigned are dedicated to creating a socially...
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Burnham and Cooper camps deny calling for Labour leadership result to be delayed
Corbyn rivals say they are not behind reported demand to extend contest over missing ballots. On Saturday morning, Labour's three-month long leadership contest will finally end when the result is...
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Tom Watson: whatever happens next, we must all pull together
Liz Kendall is not a Tory and Jeremy Corbyn is not a Trot, and saying either of those things – on Twitter, on Facebook or in real life – just plays into the hands of our real opponents – the Tories....
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Should Cameron use the foreign aid budget here at home?
David Cameron will fund the resettlement of refugees with a raid on the Dfid budget. He's well within the rules - but should he? The headline, first - David Cameron has committed to housing just...
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David Cameron reveals that an RAF drone killed a British jihadist in Syria
The Prime Minister told Parliament that a drone strike piloted by the RAF was authorised in Syria against a UK-born Isis fighter. David Cameron has revealed to the House of Commons that a drone...
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What Corbyn and Cameron’s first clash revealed
The Labour leadership frontrunner sought consensus on Iran but Cameron opted for attack. For the first time since he became the frontrunner in the Labour leadership contest, Jeremy Corbyn clashed...
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SRSLY #9: Falling Girls
We talk Jacqueline Wilson’s Katy, the BBC’s new sitcom Boy Meets Girl and the Carol Morley film The Falling. This is SRSLY, the pop culture podcast from the New Statesman. Here, you can find links to...
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Harman promises to be "very supportive" of new leader as she bids MPs farewell
Acting leader vows to be "very loyal" and not vote against the whip in address to the PLP. Plenty of Labour MPs have been unhappy with Harriet Harman's conduct as acting leader, most notably her...
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Why did Labour use this system to elect its leader?
Labour's new electoral system is under fire from all sides. Declan McHugh, who was there at the beginning, sets out how it came about. On the face of it, a party leadership election that stimulates...
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“Bar Story”: a new poem by James Conor Patterson
That night he takes the freight ferry from Heysham to Warrenpoint and stands by the railing of the upper car-deck smoking Embassy Regals and flicking pages from an annotated A5 copybook into the Irish...
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The growing Home Office panic over Britain’s detention centres
Catherine West MP is far from the only person to be denied permission to visit a detention centre. The increasingly mainstream campaigns against the likes of Yarl’s Wood have got the government...
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Does this chart show the day Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership?
I've been taking a look at Google's search trends. See that spike in interest in Jeremy Corbyn? It came after Labour voted to abstain on the Welfare Bill - in my view the moment a Corbyn victory went...
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Could Corbyn win votes from Ukip?
Jeremy Corbyn has that quality that many politicians lack: authenticity, says Ruby Lott-Lavigna. I recently wrote about a brief stint on Tinder where I tried to convince people to vote for Jeremy...
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Do even Jeremy Corbyn's strongest supporters believe what he's selling?
Jeremy Corbyn's biggest strength is authenticity - if even his strongest supporters are encouraging him to abandon that, they know he can't win, argues Karim Palant. Owen Jones’ recent blog contained...
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