Tim Farron: Theresa May is “the prisoner of the Ukip wing of her party“
The Liberal Democrat leader on his faith, Blairism and his plan to replace Labour as the opposition.
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Cool Britannia 20 Years On
Wilko Johnson: “It’d be hard to make a living with a lute and curly shoes”
Wilko Johnson answers the New Statesman Q&A.
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The bears who came in from the cold
From respected fellow hunter to zoo sensation, polar bears have had a long journey in our imagination.
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Goldie: I feel my leg breaking underwater . . . There have to be easier ways to pay for a divorce
The only way I can describe the feeling of a leg breaking underwater is, it’s like getting hit with…
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My local wine merchant won Team of the Year. I feel I had a hand in it
“Is this yours?” I ask, stupidly.
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It’s obvious why Thais can’t resist our English footballers. But they want our schools, too
The only explanation is . . . our footer must be great and exciting to watch.
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From white trash to the whitelash: what do white people want?
Class, culture and religion all play a part in how white voters feel about themselves.
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Beware of tea: the cuppa has started wars and ruined lives
. . . and it once led F Scott Fitzgerald to humiliate himself.
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In a dry month, waiting for rain: what happens to innovators in old age?
Arsène Wenger may have run his last meaningful race but others no longer young are still on the track.…
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Potato and Juliet: how Mark Rylance makes children like Shakespeare
A presenter who speaks freely but in the sort of sentences which can be used as powerful, off-the-cuff links…
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Peter Kay’s Car Share will restore your faith in human beings
I clutch at John and Kayleigh’s potential for happiness as if at straws.
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In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, every other line reeks of a self-help manual
This lame sequel suggests the makers have largely forgotten why the original was so refreshing.
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Cosey Fanni Tutti’s memoir ends with an unexpectedly conventional romance
Art Sex Music by Cosey Fanni Tutti reviewed.
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The hidden history of Catholics in Britain
The Catholics by Roy Hattersley starts with the news his father was a Catholic priest.
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Mohsin Hamid reviewed: why the word “Muslim” is persistently omitted from Exit West
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid is preoccupied with time and an anxiety about the future.
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How Wilson “Wicked“ Pickett was his own worst enemy
Wilson Pickett has a strong claim to being the greatest purveyor of Pentecostal-style vocal pyrotechnics on the pop scene.
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The power of Serena Williams
The tennis champion and motherhood
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A decades-old paper war: how the Roma are fighting bureaucracy
Romania still hasn’t come to terms with its role in the Holocaust.
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Commons Confidential: Could Corbyn’s El Gato kick Larry out of Downing Street?
The No 10 cat fight.
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Former MP Bob Marshall-Andrews: Why I’m leaving Labour and joining the Lib Dems
A former political ally of Jeremy Corbyn explains why he is leaving Labour after nearly 50 years.
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Nigel Farage and Douglas Carswell don’t need to stand again as MPs – they’ve already won
I just loathe these people. I want to see them humiliated.
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Fascist vs Opportunist? Don’t underestimate French disgust for their political class
The Republic may well be secular – yet when the results of the first round came in that evening,…
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Cool Britannia: where did it all go wrong?
Twenty years after Labour’s landslide win, did the patriotism and triumphalism of 1997 sow the seeds of Brexit?
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Not since the Thatcher years have so many Tory MPs been so motivated by self-interest
Assured of an election win, backbenchers are thinking either advancing up the greasy pole, or mounting it for the…
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Sarah Sands’s diary: switching from print to radio and being banged out
The new editor of Radio 4’s Today programme on taking over the role.
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Fewer teachers, more pupils and no more money. Schools are struggling
With grammars and universal school meals, both main parties have decided to answer policy questions no one is asking.
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Donald Trump’s con artistry gives him a chance to win a second term
There is a reason why so many conmen get away with it: their victims don’t want to admit to…
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Tracey Thorn: the unbearable whiteness of Britpop
Britpop ended up giving comfort to those who wanted to reassert “traditional” songwriting styles and band structures.
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Two referendums have revived the Tories and undone Labour
The Scottish vote enabled the Conservatives’ rebirth as the party of the Union; the Brexit vote has gifted Theresa May a…
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What we were really listening to in the Cool Britannia era
Britpop might have dominated the headlines… but it didn’t dominate the charts.
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In the battle between cabbies and Uber, I don’t want to be on either side
Peter Wilby’s First Thoughts.
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From Tamagotchi to the TFI Friday desk, the 6 iconic objects of Cool Britannia
Relive your youth through these six 1990s icons.
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The NS leader: Cold Britannia
Twenty years after the election of New Labour, for the left, it seems, things can only get worse.
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Election 2017: what should you do if you support Labour but can’t stand Jeremy Corbyn?
I can’t campaign for Corbyn. But we have to work for something to remain of the party after him,…
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