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Is psychology a voodoo science?
We are in the middle of a remarkable explosion of psychology as news, yet many of the results and studies reported are less reliable than they seem. It will, no doubt, be a cause for wry amusement...
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The best of podcasts and podcasting in 2015
What to listen to and how to do it.*/ This year has felt, for me at least, like a year filled with podcasts. Not just because I started doing one myself - the New Statesman’s pop culture podcast,...
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The best mini-games of 2015
The little pieces of genius design to tack onto games this year. Mini-games can be brilliant, a little piece of genius design tacked onto a game, all understated and unnecessary to the wider game as a...
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Further troops are called in as severe flooding continues in the north of...
A further 500 troops have been called in to help provide flood relief to affected areas. Some 500 extra troops have been brought in to deal with “unprecedented” flooding in Yorkshire and Lancashire,...
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The government rejected their own committee's advice on flood preparedness
The Committee for Climate Change encouraged the Tory government to introduce a strategy to deal with flooding earlier this year, but were told it was "not appropriate at this time". Reports have...
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Best of the NS in 2015: Feminism and Gender
Our best pieces from the past year. In this selection, our favourite writing on feminism and gender.*/ What did the suffragette movement in Britain really look like?By Anna Leszkiewicz The film...
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What I got wrong, and what I got right, in politics in 2015
Our Staggers editor, Stephen Bush, looks back at his year in political commentary. I didn’t think there would be a left-wing candidate on the Labour leadership ballot“That’s not going to happen this...
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The A to Z of the political year
Do you remember the Ed Stone? Don't worry, we're trying to forget it, too. A is for abuse on social media Who is getting abuse on social media, and from whom, has become a preoccupation in...
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From the archive: Tony Blair is tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime
In an article for the New Statesman from 29 January 1993, then-shadow home secretary made the case for talking about punishment and personal responsibility. The Tories have given up on crime. Not just...
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SRSLY #24: The Festive TV Special
On the pop culture podcast this week, we discuss this year's festive TV offering, plus listener recommendations for the best films to watch at Christmas. This is SRSLY, the pop culture podcast from...
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What to do when you're not the hero any more
From Star Wars to Mad Max, a new, more diverse kind of storytelling went mainstream this year - and the backlash shows how much it matters. I saw Star Wars this week like everyone else, and yes, it...
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The best television of 2015
From designing videogames with the Kardashians to metal detecting in East Anglia. My Mad Fat Diary The final series of the teen comedy-drama contained just three hour-long episodes, but packed in as...
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Best of the NS in 2015: Books and Fiction
Our best pieces from the past year. In this selection, our favourite writing about books and some original fiction.*/ The hurt locker: Rowan Williams on the anguish of T S Eliot By Rowan Williams...
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The winners and losers in politics in 2015
NS political editor George Eaton looks at who climbed to the top of the political heap this year, and who slid back down to the bottom. WinnersDavid Cameron No general election result in recent history...
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For a sportsman, studying doesn’t have to eat into the day – it can just...
Sport, especially English sport, has a blind spot about intelligence. Sport, especially English sport, has a blind spot about intelligence. It often misinterprets intellectual curiosity as uncommitted...
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The NS liveblog, retro edition: 1979
The results from the 1979 election, as they happened. And that's it - the Conservatives in with the first majority in Britain for nine years, but with questions around Margaret Thatcher's ability to...
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Can The X-Files exist in a post-9/11 world?
The X-Files was a tour of the American subconscious and the most idealistic show of its time. Next month, Mulder and Scully return to our screens – but how will their ambigious stories work today? We...
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Will Jeremy Corbyn bring back Ed Miliband in his reshuffle?
Labour sources say the former leader could return to the shadow cabinet next week. If, as expected, Jeremy Corbyn reshuffles his shadow cabinet next week, the theme could well be "revenge". Shadow...
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A "revenge reshuffle" would not be very new politics
The sacking of shadow cabinet ministers who voted for intervention in Syria would betray the original promise of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. When George Lucas was making Star Wars: The Return of the...
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Best of the NS in 2015: Science, Technology and History
Our best pieces from the past year. In this selection, our favourite writing about science, technology and history.*/ The Wikipedia wars: does it matter if our biggest source of knowledge is written...
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