23+ hour, 30+ min ago   (259+ words) The Prime Minister has left a vacancy that Zack Polanski’s party would love to fill The Greens are confident about Greater Manchester. The party won the Gorton and Denton by-election in February and in May’s local elections enjoyed several wins…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (476+ words) New Statesman “i think the constant demand for access to women’s bodies and our faces in album artwork is mysoginistic [sic] and boring,” tweeted Charli xcx in 2024. She wasn’t on the fluorescent front cover of brat, her EDM magnum opus,…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (367+ words) A satirical “cockroach” party has become one of the world’s largest youth movements The Indian Air Force was recently drafted to execute one of the country’s most unusual operations. It was neither a military mission, nor a national security exercise....

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (652+ words) New Statesman Nothing suits the relentlessly arch mood of the 1990s less than a West End musical. No one was less likely to sing, or indeed dance, than Sick Boy. With this in mind, I thought Trainspotting: The Musical would be…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (688+ words) Andy Burnham’s cultural revolution New Statesman Take your tie off, throw out your textbooks, load up TikTok – we do things a little differently around here. And c’mon son, no handshakes, have a hug, you’re Chancellor of the Exchequer now. Hello,…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (755+ words) New Statesman The first fallacy of golfing comedy The Hawk, at least to my golfingly ignorant eye, came in the opening episode, with the depiction of a professional golfer enduring a high-intensity workout. Strapped in an exercise bike, with a…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (218+ words) It is not decent to lie, or to indulge warmongers The observant will have noticed the continued presence of ermine on the parliamentary estate. I could mention, too, that my energy bills are yet to be £300 cheaper. Maybe they will…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (108+ words) He’s got the film adaptations, two Pulitzer prizes and the approval of the Obamas – but he’s not yet mastered his craft Next sentence: “The lawyer specialised in green cards and other official documentation for Albanian hit men, a surprisingly steady…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (436+ words) Write to [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine Only two years in, we can already see significant improvements in health, education, energy, justice, housing, immigration and incomes. These achievements deserve to be acknowledged and celebrated....

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (126+ words) When voters stay at home, progressives lose out “At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of…...