Nicola Sturgeon’s now estranged husband has brought shame on the SNP By Chris Deerin Peter Murrell was never one for the public eye. He was the archetypal backroom operator, forever lurking in the ...

Rather than a relic of the past, Britain’s best known classist sees the ancient world as a powerful tool for understanding the present. By NS Podcasts Rather than a relic of the past, Mary Beard sees ...

After years of neglecting progressives, the party must learn there is no such thing as a “hero voter”. By Anoosh Chakelian It was 12 years ago when a Labour politician first warned me that the party ...

Inside Andy Burnham’s leadership bid – and the campaigns underway to stop him By Ailbhe Rea As Keir Starmer looked around his cabinet table on Tuesday morning, he met the gazes of people who had told ...

The author of Taiwan Travelogue and her translator Lin King speak on making art about a country under threat By Catharine Hughes This week, Taiwan Travelogue, a book rejected multiple times by ...

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Sebastian Shehadi is political editor at Investment Monitor and contributing writer for the New Statesman. The agreed pause in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has been repeatedly violated. New ...

Lee Siegel is a New Statesman columnist and the author of seven books, including The Draw: A Memoir and Why Argument Matters. He is co-host, with David Rieff, of the Invincible Ignorance podcast. In ...

We must stand against both anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hate By Prince Harry Over the past several years, I have spoken about the consequences of a world in which outrage outpaces humanity – where ...

The UK is deploying facial recognition and AI tools at scale. The law is playing catch up By Rhi Storer In April, the Home Office announced £115m of new funding to create the “Police.AI” centre. Its ...

If Andy Burnham succeeds in the Makerfield by-election next month, Labour will immediately face a new challenge: a Greater Manchester mayoral by-election. There’s no guarantee the party would win ...

If Labour’s National Executive does as its members – and, indeed, much of the voting public – demand, then the battle for Makerfield could emerge as one of the most totemic and decisive parliamentary ...