Trouble in the House of Windsor
New works by the journalists Tina Brown and Robert Hardman question whether the monarchy can survive without radical reform.
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Ten years of Swimming Home
A decade on, the author returns to her Booker Prize-nominated novel, and finds conflict and mortal danger among the waves.
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Are premonitions more than coincidence?
The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight is a propulsive but flawed examination of the rationality of chance.
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The best new books of 2022 so far
The New Statesman’s selection of good reads for this spring.
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The born-to-rule Oxford Tories
Simon Kuper’s book Chums tells the story of how one university taught the core of today’s Brexit government how to…
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Ali Smith, our thoroughly modern modernist
In her new novel Companion Piece, Smith turns the legacy of Joyce and Woolf into vital fiction for the 21st…
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Fate and freedom in Elena Ferrante
In a candid set of essays, the Italian novelist reveals her literary process and how she’s overcome her insecurities.
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Oded Galor explores the ancient roots of modern life
In his new history the economist chronicles how humanity escaped subsistence poverty, bringing prosperity, longevity and lasting inequality.
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