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Cameron says "renegotiation", Conservative MPs hear "exit"

By Rafael Behr - 17 May 14:24

The Prime Minister's European strategy relies on an act of persuasion that he has proved...
Local solutions are the key to full employment

The Staggers| By Liam Byrne - 17 May 17:51

Labour is learning from countries where local services are trusted to match job seekers with...
Morning call: pick of the papers

The Staggers| By - 18 May 8:13

10 must-read pieces from this morning's papers.
Does boredom explain the Tories’ rebellious class of 2010?

By Ben Mitchell - 17 May 17:15

This parliament has shown what happens when you leave too many MPs unoccupied.
No, Farage, the protesters weren't anti-English, they were anti-UKIP

By George Eaton - 17 May 14:54

It's right-wing bigotry that the protesters are "virulently opposed" to, not "the English".
Conservatives for Cable: why the Tories want a new Lib Dem leader

By George Eaton - 17 May 10:32

To win the next election, the Tories need a left-leaning Lib Dem leader who can win over Labour...
Philip Hammond taken to task over anti-gay rights record

By George Eaton - 17 May 8:50

The Defence Secretary says civil partnerships make the introduction of equal marriage...
Sarah Wollaston: Cameron has caved in to lobbyists on minimum alcohol pricing

By George Eaton - 16 May 14:55

The Conservative MP criticises the PM's U-turn and says "we should all be aware" of Lynton...
Miliband's agenda lacks a whole lot more than an EU referendum

By Rafael Behr - 16 May 13:37

The Labour line that Europe is a needless distraction would sound better if the opposition had...
Clegg hits back at Gove over claims of Lib Dem leadership plot

By George Eaton - 16 May 9:51

The Education Secretary "knows a thing or two about leadership ambitions", says Clegg on his...

Need to Know

Brits think Eurovision is all politics
Culture | By Rachel Oliver
Sexual squeamishness does women no favours
Lifestyle | By Girl on the Net
A NFSW look at female desire.
Brian Eno: “How can Alastair Campbell have a TV career?”
Culture | By Kate Mossman
Confessions of an ex-Muslim
Lifestyle | By Omar Shahid
Evening wrap up: today's late breaking business stories
Business | By New Statesman
Top stories from around the web.

Media

"The best place to look for rubbish written on class is in the Daily Mail"

By Danny Dorling - 16 May

Britain's poor were absolutely and relatively better off until
Lift up your voices: The century-long battle for women's freedom

By Natasha Walter - 15 May

The NS of 1913 may have been in the vanguard for women’s
The irony of the press criticising Michael Gove's dodgy surveys

By Michael Marshall - 14 May

Most PR-commissioned surveys are bunk – but it's not just Michael
Does the New York Times want anyone to read Angelina Jolie's piece?

By Alex Hern - 14 May

If the NYT wants to ensure its pieces are never sullied by the
Inside the Kremlin-funded Russia Today

By Oliver Bullough - 10 May

Up to 2.5m Britons watch the Kremlin-funded TV channel, which is
The prosecution of rapists is not the same as the "persecution of old men"

By Laurie Penny - 10 May

It’s not just about Jimmy Savile, or Stuart Hall, or the BBC, or

Business

Evening wrap up: today's late breaking business stories

By New Statesman - 17 May

Top stories from around the web.
“I think that you do do evil”

By Raymond Doherty - 17 May

Business quote of the day.
"Lame Duck" MPC stands pat and waits for the new Governor

By Nick Beecroft - 17 May

The calm before Carney's storm?
Morning Wrap: need to know business stories

By New Statesman - 17 May

Top stories from around the web.
S&P downgrades credit rating of Berkshire Hathaway

By New Statesman - 17 May

Seen as a major setback for billionaire investor Warren Buffett
Wal-Mart Stores’ first-quarter net income inches slightly

By New Statesman - 17 May

Revenues decline by 1 per cent.

Books

Reviewed: Letters by Kurt Vonnegut

By Daniel Swift - 16 May

Made in Dresden.
Reviewed: The Serpent’s Promise: the Bible Retold as Science by Steve Jones

By Nick Spencer - 16 May

Creation myths.
Reviewed: Harry’s Games by John Crace

By Sophie Elmhirst - 16 May

Win or lose, on the booze.
Reviewed: A Dangerous Delusion by Peter Oborne and David Morrison

By Norman Lamont - 16 May

Myths and missteps.
Reviewed: Z: a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler

By Sarah Churchwell - 16 May

Past infidelity.
Reviewed: Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman

By John Gray - 16 May

History has no author.

Interviews

Brian Eno: “How can Alastair Campbell have a TV career?”

By Kate Mossman - 16 May

From Roxy Music to Coldplay - the many faces of Brian Eno.
Isabel Allende: "I have lived the horror of drugs"

By Jonathan Derbyshire - 02 May

The Books Interview.
Julian Barnes: “I do believe in grudge-bearing”

By Soumya Bhattacharya - 25 April

In a rare interview, the novelist Julian Barnes talks about
“If Ed Miliband is seduced by the Blairites, he’ll be consigned to the dustbin of history”

By George Eaton - 24 April

George Eaton interviews Len McCluskey.
Mohsin Hamid: "I think the personal is political and the political is personal"

By Sophie Elmhirst - 12 April

The Books Interview.
Ed Miliband: "The biggest enemy is not enthusiasm for the Tories"

By Rafael Behr - 11 April

Rafael Behr spent the day on the campaign trail with the Labour

Games

11 things we learned from this year's Premier League

By Hunter Davies - 16 May

Hunter Davies' "The Fan" column.
The Fan

By Hunter Davies - 09 May

Hunter Davies' "The Fan" column.
The Hideout – Why Board Games Matter

By Robert Florence - 06 May

Rab Florence on reinventing the rulebook every time you play.
The Land of the Free: Getting your money's worth from free to play games

By Phil Hartup - 30 April

More and more games are setting their stall out for free right
The end of the epic: why the success of Bioshock Infinite is bad for gaming

By Phil Hartup - 21 April

Phil Hartup hated the critically acclaimed blockbuster. And he
Reviewed: BioShock Infinite

By Tom Watson - 10 April

Moral maze.

Film

Billie versus Bobby – how one tennis match changed history.

By Charlotte Simmonds - 17 May

Reviewed: Battle of the Sexes.
I'm not worried about masculinity in crisis: I've seen where it leads

By Ryan Gilbey - 16 May

Blood, mud and splinters.
All that glitters is gigabytes

By Ryan Gilbey - 16 May

Reviewed: The Great Gatsby.
Mud is heartwarming, manly and gooey as molasses

By Philip Maughan - 13 May

Reviewed: Mud.
In praise of Benedict Cumberbatch

By Ryan Gilbey - 10 May

It may be controversial to say so, but he's really something, isn
Reviewed: Our Children by Joachim Lafosse

By Ryan Gilbey - 08 May

Tears for fears.

Television

There are times when Vicious makes Are You Being Served? seem almost nuanced

By Rachel Cooke - 10 May

Reviewed: Vicious.
Action movies, bilingual tunes and the exorcism of a family of six: channel hopping in Cameroon

By Bim Adewunmi - 09 May

After a cosy night watching Dutch reality TV, daily viewing in
Anal fissures and domestic violence - it's Men's Hour

By Antonia Quirke - 09 May

Reviewed: Men's Hour.
Reviewed: Life of Crime

By Rachel Cooke - 08 May

Force of nature.
Reviewed: Tweet of the Day on Radio 4

By Antonia Quirke - 08 May

Morning has spoken.
Made in Chelsea is totes postmodern

By Martha Gill - 07 May

What is the point of it all, it seems to ask. Why was this even

Sci-tech

How two farm-boys-done-good could change the world

By Michael Brooks - 17 May

While everyone loves Commander Chris Hadfield, it's Iowan James
New browser plugin stops people bamboozling you with numbers

By Alex Hern - 16 May

Dictionary of Numbers provides that much needed context.
Commander Chris Hadfield says goodbye to the International Space Station through the medium of David Bowie

By Alex Hern - 13 May

Highest music video since Snoop Dogg's last one.
CAPITAL LETTERS, little girl voice: internet feminists all write the same

By Martha Gill - 09 May

The perils of Groupthink - Martha Gill's "Irrational Animals"
Urban novelties

By Sarah Ditum - 08 May

These Pages Fall Like Ash turned a city into a fantasy
Facebook is suffering from an overdose of dog food

By Alex Hern - 06 May

The company's staff are so ingrained with the network that they

Economics

How two farm-boys-done-good could change the world

By Michael Brooks - 17 May

While everyone loves Commander Chris Hadfield, it's Iowan James
Mass migration or myths and stereotypes?

By Alan Anstead - 17 May

The tabloids are smearing Roma – but we've heard these myths
"The best place to look for rubbish written on class is in the Daily Mail"

By Danny Dorling - 16 May

Britain's poor were absolutely and relatively better off until
New browser plugin stops people bamboozling you with numbers

By Alex Hern - 16 May

Dictionary of Numbers provides that much needed context.
Things tend to get worse before they get more worse

By Left Outside - 15 May

Cutting your nose off to incentivise your face to implement much
France falls into triple-dip recession

By Alex Hern - 15 May

A bad end to a bad year for François Hollande.

World affairs

Obama's crappy week

By Nicky Woolf - 17 May

In just a couple of days, Obama's government machine had managed
In a generation, everything has changed for British Muslim women

By Irna Qureshi - 15 May

My mother and I both married men from Pakistan. Both marriages
Israel row: The bid to defund Toronto LGBT Pride is straightforward censorship

By Peter Tatchell - 15 May

The bid to ban pro-Palestine group Queers Against Israeli
Tonderai Ndira's Zimbabwe: five years on

By Mark Olden - 14 May

Amid all the bloodshed of Zimbabwe’s 2008 election, it was the
Tash Aw: "It's a very complex form of bigotry"

By Philip Maughan - 10 May

The Malaysian novelist on fiction, immigration and the
Inside the Kremlin-funded Russia Today

By Oliver Bullough - 10 May

Up to 2.5m Britons watch the Kremlin-funded TV channel, which is

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Cameron says "renegotiation", Conservative MPs hear "exit"

By Rafael Behr - 17 May 14:24

The Prime Minister's European strategy relies on an act of persuasion that he has proved...
Local solutions are the key to full employment

The Staggers| By Liam Byrne - 17 May 17:51

Labour is learning from countries where local services are trusted to match job seekers with...
Morning call: pick of the papers

The Staggers| By - 18 May 8:13

10 must-read pieces from this morning's papers.
Does boredom explain the Tories’ rebellious class of 2010?

By Ben Mitchell - 17 May 17:15

This parliament has shown what happens when you leave too many MPs unoccupied.
No, Farage, the protesters weren't anti-English, they were anti-UKIP

By George Eaton - 17 May 14:54

It's right-wing bigotry that the protesters are "virulently opposed" to, not "the English".
Conservatives for Cable: why the Tories want a new Lib Dem leader

By George Eaton - 17 May 10:32

To win the next election, the Tories need a left-leaning Lib Dem leader who can win over Labour...
Philip Hammond taken to task over anti-gay rights record

By George Eaton - 17 May 8:50

The Defence Secretary says civil partnerships make the introduction of equal marriage...
Sarah Wollaston: Cameron has caved in to lobbyists on minimum alcohol pricing

By George Eaton - 16 May 14:55

The Conservative MP criticises the PM's U-turn and says "we should all be aware" of Lynton...
Miliband's agenda lacks a whole lot more than an EU referendum

By Rafael Behr - 16 May 13:37

The Labour line that Europe is a needless distraction would sound better if the opposition had...
Clegg hits back at Gove over claims of Lib Dem leadership plot

By George Eaton - 16 May 9:51

The Education Secretary "knows a thing or two about leadership ambitions", says Clegg on his...

Need to Know

Brits think Eurovision is all politics
Culture | By Rachel Oliver
Sexual squeamishness does women no favours
Lifestyle | By Girl on the Net
A NFSW look at female desire.
Brian Eno: “How can Alastair Campbell have a TV career?”
Culture | By Kate Mossman
Confessions of an ex-Muslim
Lifestyle | By Omar Shahid
Evening wrap up: today's late breaking business stories
Business | By New Statesman
Top stories from around the web.

Media

"The best place to look for rubbish written on class is in the Daily Mail"

By Danny Dorling - 16 May

Britain's poor were absolutely and relatively better off until
Lift up your voices: The century-long battle for women's freedom

By Natasha Walter - 15 May

The NS of 1913 may have been in the vanguard for women’s
The irony of the press criticising Michael Gove's dodgy surveys

By Michael Marshall - 14 May

Most PR-commissioned surveys are bunk – but it's not just Michael
Does the New York Times want anyone to read Angelina Jolie's piece?

By Alex Hern - 14 May

If the NYT wants to ensure its pieces are never sullied by the
Inside the Kremlin-funded Russia Today

By Oliver Bullough - 10 May

Up to 2.5m Britons watch the Kremlin-funded TV channel, which is
The prosecution of rapists is not the same as the "persecution of old men"

By Laurie Penny - 10 May

It’s not just about Jimmy Savile, or Stuart Hall, or the BBC, or

Business

Evening wrap up: today's late breaking business stories

By New Statesman - 17 May

Top stories from around the web.
“I think that you do do evil”

By Raymond Doherty - 17 May

Business quote of the day.
"Lame Duck" MPC stands pat and waits for the new Governor

By Nick Beecroft - 17 May

The calm before Carney's storm?
Morning Wrap: need to know business stories

By New Statesman - 17 May

Top stories from around the web.
S&P downgrades credit rating of Berkshire Hathaway

By New Statesman - 17 May

Seen as a major setback for billionaire investor Warren Buffett
Wal-Mart Stores’ first-quarter net income inches slightly

By New Statesman - 17 May

Revenues decline by 1 per cent.

Books

Reviewed: Letters by Kurt Vonnegut

By Daniel Swift - 16 May

Made in Dresden.
Reviewed: The Serpent’s Promise: the Bible Retold as Science by Steve Jones

By Nick Spencer - 16 May

Creation myths.
Reviewed: Harry’s Games by John Crace

By Sophie Elmhirst - 16 May

Win or lose, on the booze.
Reviewed: A Dangerous Delusion by Peter Oborne and David Morrison

By Norman Lamont - 16 May

Myths and missteps.
Reviewed: Z: a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler

By Sarah Churchwell - 16 May

Past infidelity.
Reviewed: Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman

By John Gray - 16 May

History has no author.

Interviews

Brian Eno: “How can Alastair Campbell have a TV career?”

By Kate Mossman - 16 May

From Roxy Music to Coldplay - the many faces of Brian Eno.
Isabel Allende: "I have lived the horror of drugs"

By Jonathan Derbyshire - 02 May

The Books Interview.
Julian Barnes: “I do believe in grudge-bearing”

By Soumya Bhattacharya - 25 April

In a rare interview, the novelist Julian Barnes talks about
“If Ed Miliband is seduced by the Blairites, he’ll be consigned to the dustbin of history”

By George Eaton - 24 April

George Eaton interviews Len McCluskey.
Mohsin Hamid: "I think the personal is political and the political is personal"

By Sophie Elmhirst - 12 April

The Books Interview.
Ed Miliband: "The biggest enemy is not enthusiasm for the Tories"

By Rafael Behr - 11 April

Rafael Behr spent the day on the campaign trail with the Labour

Games

11 things we learned from this year's Premier League

By Hunter Davies - 16 May

Hunter Davies' "The Fan" column.
The Fan

By Hunter Davies - 09 May

Hunter Davies' "The Fan" column.
The Hideout – Why Board Games Matter

By Robert Florence - 06 May

Rab Florence on reinventing the rulebook every time you play.
The Land of the Free: Getting your money's worth from free to play games

By Phil Hartup - 30 April

More and more games are setting their stall out for free right
The end of the epic: why the success of Bioshock Infinite is bad for gaming

By Phil Hartup - 21 April

Phil Hartup hated the critically acclaimed blockbuster. And he
Reviewed: BioShock Infinite

By Tom Watson - 10 April

Moral maze.

Film

Billie versus Bobby – how one tennis match changed history.

By Charlotte Simmonds - 17 May

Reviewed: Battle of the Sexes.
I'm not worried about masculinity in crisis: I've seen where it leads

By Ryan Gilbey - 16 May

Blood, mud and splinters.
All that glitters is gigabytes

By Ryan Gilbey - 16 May

Reviewed: The Great Gatsby.
Mud is heartwarming, manly and gooey as molasses

By Philip Maughan - 13 May

Reviewed: Mud.
In praise of Benedict Cumberbatch

By Ryan Gilbey - 10 May

It may be controversial to say so, but he's really something, isn
Reviewed: Our Children by Joachim Lafosse

By Ryan Gilbey - 08 May

Tears for fears.

Television

There are times when Vicious makes Are You Being Served? seem almost nuanced

By Rachel Cooke - 10 May

Reviewed: Vicious.
Action movies, bilingual tunes and the exorcism of a family of six: channel hopping in Cameroon

By Bim Adewunmi - 09 May

After a cosy night watching Dutch reality TV, daily viewing in
Anal fissures and domestic violence - it's Men's Hour

By Antonia Quirke - 09 May

Reviewed: Men's Hour.
Reviewed: Life of Crime

By Rachel Cooke - 08 May

Force of nature.
Reviewed: Tweet of the Day on Radio 4

By Antonia Quirke - 08 May

Morning has spoken.
Made in Chelsea is totes postmodern

By Martha Gill - 07 May

What is the point of it all, it seems to ask. Why was this even

Sci-tech

How two farm-boys-done-good could change the world

By Michael Brooks - 17 May

While everyone loves Commander Chris Hadfield, it's Iowan James
New browser plugin stops people bamboozling you with numbers

By Alex Hern - 16 May

Dictionary of Numbers provides that much needed context.
Commander Chris Hadfield says goodbye to the International Space Station through the medium of David Bowie

By Alex Hern - 13 May

Highest music video since Snoop Dogg's last one.
CAPITAL LETTERS, little girl voice: internet feminists all write the same

By Martha Gill - 09 May

The perils of Groupthink - Martha Gill's "Irrational Animals"
Urban novelties

By Sarah Ditum - 08 May

These Pages Fall Like Ash turned a city into a fantasy
Facebook is suffering from an overdose of dog food

By Alex Hern - 06 May

The company's staff are so ingrained with the network that they

Economics

How two farm-boys-done-good could change the world

By Michael Brooks - 17 May

While everyone loves Commander Chris Hadfield, it's Iowan James
Mass migration or myths and stereotypes?

By Alan Anstead - 17 May

The tabloids are smearing Roma – but we've heard these myths
"The best place to look for rubbish written on class is in the Daily Mail"

By Danny Dorling - 16 May

Britain's poor were absolutely and relatively better off until
New browser plugin stops people bamboozling you with numbers

By Alex Hern - 16 May

Dictionary of Numbers provides that much needed context.
Things tend to get worse before they get more worse

By Left Outside - 15 May

Cutting your nose off to incentivise your face to implement much
France falls into triple-dip recession

By Alex Hern - 15 May

A bad end to a bad year for François Hollande.

World affairs

Obama's crappy week

By Nicky Woolf - 17 May

In just a couple of days, Obama's government machine had managed
In a generation, everything has changed for British Muslim women

By Irna Qureshi - 15 May

My mother and I both married men from Pakistan. Both marriages
Israel row: The bid to defund Toronto LGBT Pride is straightforward censorship

By Peter Tatchell - 15 May

The bid to ban pro-Palestine group Queers Against Israeli
Tonderai Ndira's Zimbabwe: five years on

By Mark Olden - 14 May

Amid all the bloodshed of Zimbabwe’s 2008 election, it was the
Tash Aw: "It's a very complex form of bigotry"

By Philip Maughan - 10 May

The Malaysian novelist on fiction, immigration and the
Inside the Kremlin-funded Russia Today

By Oliver Bullough - 10 May

Up to 2.5m Britons watch the Kremlin-funded TV channel, which is

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Cameron says "renegotiation", Conservative MPs hear "exit"

By Rafael Behr - 17 May 14:24

The Prime Minister's European strategy relies on an act of persuasion that he has proved...
Local solutions are the key to full employment

The Staggers| By Liam Byrne - 17 May 17:51

Labour is learning from countries where local services are trusted to match job seekers with...
Morning call: pick of the papers

The Staggers| By - 18 May 8:13

10 must-read pieces from this morning's papers.
Does boredom explain the Tories’ rebellious class of 2010?

By Ben Mitchell - 17 May 17:15

This parliament has shown what happens when you leave too many MPs unoccupied.
No, Farage, the protesters weren't anti-English, they were anti-UKIP

By George Eaton - 17 May 14:54

It's right-wing bigotry that the protesters are "virulently opposed" to, not "the English".
Conservatives for Cable: why the Tories want a new Lib Dem leader

By George Eaton - 17 May 10:32

To win the next election, the Tories need a left-leaning Lib Dem leader who can win over Labour...
Philip Hammond taken to task over anti-gay rights record

By George Eaton - 17 May 8:50

The Defence Secretary says civil partnerships make the introduction of equal marriage...
Sarah Wollaston: Cameron has caved in to lobbyists on minimum alcohol pricing

By George Eaton - 16 May 14:55

The Conservative MP criticises the PM's U-turn and says "we should all be aware" of Lynton...
Miliband's agenda lacks a whole lot more than an EU referendum

By Rafael Behr - 16 May 13:37

The Labour line that Europe is a needless distraction would sound better if the opposition had...
Clegg hits back at Gove over claims of Lib Dem leadership plot

By George Eaton - 16 May 9:51

The Education Secretary "knows a thing or two about leadership ambitions", says Clegg on his...