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Why Britain can't afford to fall behind in the race for soft power

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The women of Gezi Park are protesters, not pin-up girls
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The dangers of iconic imagery.
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What we learn when we read Italo Calvino’s letters

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Reviewed: She Left Me the Gun - My Mother’s Life Before Me by Emma Brockes

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Philip Hammond: The rise of the quiet man

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Sarah Wollaston: Doctor Sharp Eyes

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Isabel Allende: "I have lived the horror of drugs"

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How to describe Liberace? Imagine a French Fancy at a grand piano
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Soul deep: Liam Hayes and Plush

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The Oscar Pistorius case: history written on a woman’s body

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The Oscar Pistorius affair has exposed the fragility of South
Reviewed: Steel - A Century of Steelmaking on Film

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Watch: the trailer for Alan Moore’s “Jimmy’s End"

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What the only film approved by the godfather of graphic novels

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Answers to war

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We have been fighting the war on drugs for 40 years at great cost
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Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.
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Felix Martin's "Real Money" column.
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Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.
Creative destruction: our economic crisis was wholly predictable

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Keynes, Hobson, Marx - and the crisis of capitalism.
Bitcoin lovers are lying to themselves - cash has never been king

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Keeping my Freedom Pass, blowing things up from inside and the invisible crime wave

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After Tweet of the Day, which is mainly about birds tweeting,
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Leader: In praise of Shameless

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All white on the night

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The women of Gezi Park are protesters, not pin-up girls

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Frank Ledwidge, once a “justice adviser” in Britain’s para-
The Swedish riots: What really happened?

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Inequality, not immigration, was what sparked the unrest.
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Did it really take a choreographed Downing Street tea party to get an extra £1m for the...
How Osborne backed down on an RBS firesale

By George Eaton - 19 June 17:30

Having previously briefed that Osborne was planning a pre-election give-away of shares, the...
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By George Eaton - 19 June 16:13

In a rare interview, Salmond declares "the real game hasn’t even started" and reveals that a...
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After being surprised by Cameron's commitment to banking reform, the Labour leader struggled to...
Why Britain can't afford to fall behind in the race for soft power

By John Holden - 19 June 10:46

The west must maintain its financial support for culture and cultural diplomacy. If it fails to...
The unsqueezed top: how bankers' pay has already returned to its peak

By George Eaton - 19 June 8:54

The new report from the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards busts the myth that pay...
Whether under Labour or the Tories, free schools and academies need to be managed

By Jonathan Clifton - 18 June 16:45

The education department cannot be expected to oversee more than 3,000 schools. We need local...
Cameron insists the culture department will survive, but in what form?

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Maria Miller refuses to deny that her department will lose some of its responsibilities in the...
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The story of an abusive relationship.
Kickstarting a manual for sexual assault
Lifestyle | By Alex Hern
Pick-up artists aren't just skeevy anymore, they're actively dangerous.
The women of Gezi Park are protesters, not pin-up girls
World Affairs | By Harriet Fitch Little
The dangers of iconic imagery.
If Facebook is serious about gender-based hate, why is it still hosting revenge porn?
Sci-Tech | By Frances Ryan
Facebook’s problem with women is only going to get darker.

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By Will Self - 14 June

Will Self's "Madness of Crowds" column.
There is a war on ordinary people and feminists are needed at the front

By John Pilger - 06 June

Once again, it’s time to ask: whose side are you on?
The New Statesman's inbox of delights

By Sophie Elmhirst - 24 May

Sophie Elmhirst explores our letters page.
Will there still be a New Statesman in 2113?

By Helen Lewis - 17 May

The signs are good - the printing press has been good enough for
Imagine if a government had solved everything it could: would hacks back off?

By Ed Smith - 16 May

Ed Smith's "Left Field" column.
Inside Russia Today: counterweight to the mainstream media, or Putin's mouthpiece?

By Oliver Bullough - 10 May

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

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Commission on Banking Standards recommends jail for banking crimes

By - 19 June

Publishes 571-page "Changing banking for good" report.
Icahn Associates offers $14 a share to buy 62 per cent of Dell

By - 19 June

Urges shareholders to reject $13.65 per share offer of Michael
Morning Wrap: today's top business stories

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Evening Wrap: today's top business stories

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Kabel Deutschland receives preliminary bid from Liberty Global

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Former BP CEO Lord Browne will advise the investment vehicle L1

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NS Recommends: Victor Martinovich, William G Bowen and Sam Byers

By Philip Maughan - 31 May

Love in a tyrannous climate, the power of MOOCs and a case of
Ignore all The Great Gatsby hype, and read Fitzgerald’s wonderful essays instead

By Ed Smith - 23 May

The prose shines more brightly than any party on Long Island.
What we learn when we read Italo Calvino’s letters

By Michael Wood - 10 May

The life and death of the author.
Reviewed: She Left Me the Gun - My Mother’s Life Before Me by Emma Brockes

By Claire Lowdon - 25 April

Tangled roots.

Interviews

James Salter: "People have reflected on the quality of time ever since they’ve been writing"

By Sophie Elmhirst - 14 June

The Books Interview.
Greg Bellow: Believe me, there was plenty of fighting and screaming, plenty of friction and grief

By Leo Robson - 07 June

Greg Bellow, son of Saul Bellow and author of Saul Bellow's Heart
Philip Hammond: The rise of the quiet man

By Andrew Gimson - 29 May

Unquestionably competent, but “a cold fish”, Philip Hammond is
Sarah Wollaston: Doctor Sharp Eyes

By George Eaton - 23 May

An MP David Cameron should find space for in his magic circle.
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.

Film

Behind the Candelabra and The Comedian: The end of the affair

By Ryan Gilbey - 07 June

How to describe Liberace? Imagine a French Fancy at a grand piano
Why women’s bodies can’t do anything right

By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett - 21 May

Enviable curves v skinny self-control.
Soul deep: Liam Hayes and Plush

By Yo Zushi - 19 April

The musician talks to Yo Zushi about writing songs for Roman
The Oscar Pistorius case: history written on a woman’s body

By Hedley Twidle - 07 March

The Oscar Pistorius affair has exposed the fragility of South
Reviewed: Steel - A Century of Steelmaking on Film

By Charlotte Simmonds - 07 February

The BFI screens rarely-seen films from the great era of British
Watch: the trailer for Alan Moore’s “Jimmy’s End"

By Charlotte Simmonds - 20 November

What the only film approved by the godfather of graphic novels

Sci-tech

Notes from a cardiologist: Unravelling the mystery of Benjamin Britten’s heart

By Hywel Davies - 14 June

Cardiologist Hywel Davies describes the origins of the syphilis
Answers to war

By Juan Manuel Santos - 13 June

We have been fighting the war on drugs for 40 years at great cost
The time of your life

By Michael Brooks - 06 June

A discussion with Lee Smolin.
Hope is a thing with feathers

By Ruth Padel - 30 May

Birds are all around us. They appear and disappear; they go
Leader: The silence of the bees

By New Statesman - 30 May

We should fight for the honeybee's survival.
Are you ready for the era of Big Data?

By Steven Poole - 29 May

Business agrees with governments — the more personal information

Economics

Mandelson’s lizard, in bed with Michael Douglas, and sponsoring the Tube

By Peter Wilby - 13 June

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.
We must stop ignoring the economic lessons of Japan – they are the way forward

By Felix Martin - 06 June

Felix Martin's "Real Money" column.
Eton’s tower block pupils, hoarding disorders and eating pies on the NHS

By Peter Wilby - 23 May

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.
Creative destruction: our economic crisis was wholly predictable

By Robert Skidelsky - 17 May

Keynes, Hobson, Marx - and the crisis of capitalism.
Bitcoin lovers are lying to themselves - cash has never been king

By Felix Martin - 16 May

Felix Martin's "Real Money" column.
Keeping my Freedom Pass, blowing things up from inside and the invisible crime wave

By Peter Wilby - 01 May

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.

Television

Why I can't stand Clare Balding

By Will Self - 14 June

Will Self's "Madness of Crowds" column.
Sounds Natural on BBC Radio 4 Extra: A kind of Desert Island Animal Noises

By Antonia Quirke - 07 June

After Tweet of the Day, which is mainly about birds tweeting,
My love of Jessica Hynes in Up the Women was almost enough to make me join Twitter

By Rachel Cooke - 07 June

Up the Women is adorable. Admittedly, it starts slowly, but the
Leader: In praise of Shameless

By New Statesman - 06 June
All white on the night

By David Herman - 30 May

What do Doctor Who, Sherlock and the team captains of Have I Got
What’s the point of BBC4?

By David Herman - 15 May

When the channel started in 2002, it was branded as “a place to

World affairs

The women of Gezi Park are protesters, not pin-up girls

By Harriet Fitch Little - 19 June

Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan wants to cast women as mothers,
Investment in Blood by Frank Ledwidge: A devastating indictment of the utter, unanswerable folly of Afghanistan

By Sherard Cowper-Cowles - 16 June

Frank Ledwidge, once a “justice adviser” in Britain’s para-
The Swedish riots: What really happened?

By Liam McLaughlin - 14 June

Inequality, not immigration, was what sparked the unrest.
Leader: No one wants to take charge in the “G-Zero” world

By New Statesman - 13 June
On wiretaps and drone strikes, it’s time for liberals to accept that Obama is worse than Bush

By Mehdi Hasan - 13 June

On questions of “US national security”, from wiretaps to Gitmo to
Answers to war

By Juan Manuel Santos - 13 June

We have been fighting the war on drugs for 40 years at great cost

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No. 10's Potemkin summit on internet porn solved nothing

By Rafael Behr - 19 June 18:11

Did it really take a choreographed Downing Street tea party to get an extra £1m for the...
How Osborne backed down on an RBS firesale

By George Eaton - 19 June 17:30

Having previously briefed that Osborne was planning a pre-election give-away of shares, the...
Exclusive: Alex Salmond on his youth jobs right, the bedroom tax and why he will win

By George Eaton - 19 June 16:13

In a rare interview, Salmond declares "the real game hasn’t even started" and reveals that a...
PMQs review: Cameron wrongfoots Miliband on the banks

By George Eaton - 19 June 13:29

After being surprised by Cameron's commitment to banking reform, the Labour leader struggled to...
Why Britain can't afford to fall behind in the race for soft power

By John Holden - 19 June 10:46

The west must maintain its financial support for culture and cultural diplomacy. If it fails to...
The unsqueezed top: how bankers' pay has already returned to its peak

By George Eaton - 19 June 8:54

The new report from the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards busts the myth that pay...
Whether under Labour or the Tories, free schools and academies need to be managed

By Jonathan Clifton - 18 June 16:45

The education department cannot be expected to oversee more than 3,000 schools. We need local...
Cameron insists the culture department will survive, but in what form?

By George Eaton - 18 June 14:44

Maria Miller refuses to deny that her department will lose some of its responsibilities in the...
If Miliband is serious about tackling low pay, he needs to embrace the unions

By James Bloodworth - 18 June 13:43

The one thing proven to improve the conditions and pay of workers across the board is trade...
Why Cable is right to fight back against university cuts

By George Eaton - 18 June 10:17

The UK already invests less in higher education than every other OECD member state except Japan...

Need to Know

New Statesman cover | 24 June
Blogs | By New Statesman
A first look at this week's cover.
“It started with the narrowest of hairline fractures, so small I didn’t see what it would become”
Blogs | By Sarah Pinborough
The story of an abusive relationship.
Kickstarting a manual for sexual assault
Lifestyle | By Alex Hern
Pick-up artists aren't just skeevy anymore, they're actively dangerous.
The women of Gezi Park are protesters, not pin-up girls
World Affairs | By Harriet Fitch Little
The dangers of iconic imagery.
If Facebook is serious about gender-based hate, why is it still hosting revenge porn?
Sci-Tech | By Frances Ryan
Facebook’s problem with women is only going to get darker.

Media

Why I can't stand Clare Balding

By Will Self - 14 June

Will Self's "Madness of Crowds" column.
There is a war on ordinary people and feminists are needed at the front

By John Pilger - 06 June

Once again, it’s time to ask: whose side are you on?
The New Statesman's inbox of delights

By Sophie Elmhirst - 24 May

Sophie Elmhirst explores our letters page.
Will there still be a New Statesman in 2113?

By Helen Lewis - 17 May

The signs are good - the printing press has been good enough for
Imagine if a government had solved everything it could: would hacks back off?

By Ed Smith - 16 May

Ed Smith's "Left Field" column.
Inside Russia Today: counterweight to the mainstream media, or Putin's mouthpiece?

By Oliver Bullough - 10 May

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

Business

Commission on Banking Standards recommends jail for banking crimes

By - 19 June

Publishes 571-page "Changing banking for good" report.
Icahn Associates offers $14 a share to buy 62 per cent of Dell

By - 19 June

Urges shareholders to reject $13.65 per share offer of Michael
Morning Wrap: today's top business stories

By New Statesman - 19 June

News stories from around the web.
Evening Wrap: today's top business stories

By New Statesman - 18 June

News stories from around the web.
Kabel Deutschland receives preliminary bid from Liberty Global

By New Statesman - 18 June

Liberty Global’s offer price is believed to be more than Vodafone
Alfa Group may invest $10bn in oil and gas projects through L1 Energy

By New Statesman - 18 June

Former BP CEO Lord Browne will advise the investment vehicle L1

Books

James Salter: "People have reflected on the quality of time ever since they’ve been writing"

By Sophie Elmhirst - 14 June

The Books Interview.
"An imp with brains": The forgotten genius of Charlotte Mew

By Julia Copus - 07 June

Catherine Dawson Scott, writer and co-founder of International
NS Recommends: Victor Martinovich, William G Bowen and Sam Byers

By Philip Maughan - 31 May

Love in a tyrannous climate, the power of MOOCs and a case of
Ignore all The Great Gatsby hype, and read Fitzgerald’s wonderful essays instead

By Ed Smith - 23 May

The prose shines more brightly than any party on Long Island.
What we learn when we read Italo Calvino’s letters

By Michael Wood - 10 May

The life and death of the author.
Reviewed: She Left Me the Gun - My Mother’s Life Before Me by Emma Brockes

By Claire Lowdon - 25 April

Tangled roots.

Interviews

James Salter: "People have reflected on the quality of time ever since they’ve been writing"

By Sophie Elmhirst - 14 June

The Books Interview.
Greg Bellow: Believe me, there was plenty of fighting and screaming, plenty of friction and grief

By Leo Robson - 07 June

Greg Bellow, son of Saul Bellow and author of Saul Bellow's Heart
Philip Hammond: The rise of the quiet man

By Andrew Gimson - 29 May

Unquestionably competent, but “a cold fish”, Philip Hammond is
Sarah Wollaston: Doctor Sharp Eyes

By George Eaton - 23 May

An MP David Cameron should find space for in his magic circle.
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.

Film

Behind the Candelabra and The Comedian: The end of the affair

By Ryan Gilbey - 07 June

How to describe Liberace? Imagine a French Fancy at a grand piano
Why women’s bodies can’t do anything right

By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett - 21 May

Enviable curves v skinny self-control.
Soul deep: Liam Hayes and Plush

By Yo Zushi - 19 April

The musician talks to Yo Zushi about writing songs for Roman
The Oscar Pistorius case: history written on a woman’s body

By Hedley Twidle - 07 March

The Oscar Pistorius affair has exposed the fragility of South
Reviewed: Steel - A Century of Steelmaking on Film

By Charlotte Simmonds - 07 February

The BFI screens rarely-seen films from the great era of British
Watch: the trailer for Alan Moore’s “Jimmy’s End"

By Charlotte Simmonds - 20 November

What the only film approved by the godfather of graphic novels

Sci-tech

Notes from a cardiologist: Unravelling the mystery of Benjamin Britten’s heart

By Hywel Davies - 14 June

Cardiologist Hywel Davies describes the origins of the syphilis
Answers to war

By Juan Manuel Santos - 13 June

We have been fighting the war on drugs for 40 years at great cost
The time of your life

By Michael Brooks - 06 June

A discussion with Lee Smolin.
Hope is a thing with feathers

By Ruth Padel - 30 May

Birds are all around us. They appear and disappear; they go
Leader: The silence of the bees

By New Statesman - 30 May

We should fight for the honeybee's survival.
Are you ready for the era of Big Data?

By Steven Poole - 29 May

Business agrees with governments — the more personal information

Economics

Mandelson’s lizard, in bed with Michael Douglas, and sponsoring the Tube

By Peter Wilby - 13 June

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.
We must stop ignoring the economic lessons of Japan – they are the way forward

By Felix Martin - 06 June

Felix Martin's "Real Money" column.
Eton’s tower block pupils, hoarding disorders and eating pies on the NHS

By Peter Wilby - 23 May

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.
Creative destruction: our economic crisis was wholly predictable

By Robert Skidelsky - 17 May

Keynes, Hobson, Marx - and the crisis of capitalism.
Bitcoin lovers are lying to themselves - cash has never been king

By Felix Martin - 16 May

Felix Martin's "Real Money" column.
Keeping my Freedom Pass, blowing things up from inside and the invisible crime wave

By Peter Wilby - 01 May

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.

Television

Why I can't stand Clare Balding

By Will Self - 14 June

Will Self's "Madness of Crowds" column.
Sounds Natural on BBC Radio 4 Extra: A kind of Desert Island Animal Noises

By Antonia Quirke - 07 June

After Tweet of the Day, which is mainly about birds tweeting,
My love of Jessica Hynes in Up the Women was almost enough to make me join Twitter

By Rachel Cooke - 07 June

Up the Women is adorable. Admittedly, it starts slowly, but the
Leader: In praise of Shameless

By New Statesman - 06 June
All white on the night

By David Herman - 30 May

What do Doctor Who, Sherlock and the team captains of Have I Got
What’s the point of BBC4?

By David Herman - 15 May

When the channel started in 2002, it was branded as “a place to

World affairs

The women of Gezi Park are protesters, not pin-up girls

By Harriet Fitch Little - 19 June

Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan wants to cast women as mothers,
Investment in Blood by Frank Ledwidge: A devastating indictment of the utter, unanswerable folly of Afghanistan

By Sherard Cowper-Cowles - 16 June

Frank Ledwidge, once a “justice adviser” in Britain’s para-
The Swedish riots: What really happened?

By Liam McLaughlin - 14 June

Inequality, not immigration, was what sparked the unrest.
Leader: No one wants to take charge in the “G-Zero” world

By New Statesman - 13 June
On wiretaps and drone strikes, it’s time for liberals to accept that Obama is worse than Bush

By Mehdi Hasan - 13 June

On questions of “US national security”, from wiretaps to Gitmo to
Answers to war

By Juan Manuel Santos - 13 June

We have been fighting the war on drugs for 40 years at great cost

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