1+ hour, 44+ min ago  (682+ words) A "Same-Day Open Access" model could transform outcomes for people with mental health problems " but only if Westminster starts to value relationships During a shift in an NHS mental health crisis team, I'm visiting a woman who's been feeling suicidal....

1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (692+ words) By Simon Opher MP On Monday, Andy Burnham, our Prime Minister in waiting, set out his vision for the country. At the heart of it is a devolution revolution " a massive shift of power away from Westminster and Whitehall towards…...

1+ day, 41+ min ago  (514+ words) New Statesman When Love Island first blew up " I'm talking the programme's universally accepted golden age here, 2018 and 2019, the period that gave us the athleisure tycoon Molly-Mae " it was still generating interest for the simple fact of broadcasting sex on…...

10+ hour, 7+ min ago  (1213+ words) New Statesman For three long years, Benjamin Netanyahu has led his country through its longest-ever, largest-ever war yet still managed to survive at the top of Israeli politics. The war defied every received wisdom of how long Israel can survive…...

1+ day, 17+ min ago  (216+ words) We are on the cusp of a PM with an English degree At 17, after reading The Merchant of Venice " its depiction of racism stirred something in me " "I scribbled down some thoughts and submitted them to an essay prize at…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (215+ words) Banning social media won't change the fact that teenagers can and will be stupid MSN was like Whats App before smartphones. You could talk to your friends, for free, all night. At one point, it meant I could have a…...

23+ hour, 54+ min ago  (151+ words) So much of what we call politics could be better called destiny Liberals, I have bad news: according to science, we are less attractive than our conservative rivals. We are, however, more likely to have adventurous sex, so there's that…...

1+ day, 25+ min ago  (381+ words) The pains and pleasures of the 2026 tournament " Low blocks: The back-page clever clogs go on about them all the time. Are they bungalows? Sun lotion on your private parts? Another coach speaking bollocks? Apparently, it just means a deep defence....

1+ day, 8+ min ago  (220+ words) This new history of America, told through political speeches, can't see that progress truly comes through division The Fourth of July mood also invites a species of celebration that alternates with unctuous displays of conscience: Red Jacket's words endure because…...

1+ day, 48+ min ago  (88+ words) New Statesman Aaron Sorkin's To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted from Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, first premiered in the West End in 2018, a year into Donald Trump's first tenure. Eight years on, the performance is back at Wyndham's Theatre and…...