Labour is being told to pick a side in a battle of economic arguments. We say the future will be built from both By Mark McVitie and Mathew Lawrence We are the authors of two arguments recently ...

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve star in an unforgettable exploration of soulless cityscapes By David Sexton There’s a back story to Backrooms. Since 2011, a creepy photo has circulated on message ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

In the mad world of the British far right, faith and thuggery jostle for attention By Emily Lawford On the road to Parliament Square, men kept stopping Kate to tell her she was beautiful. She was a ...

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 ...

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 ...