London has been empty for the entire month of August. What are we, French?
“I hate it,” I said. “I hate it more than I can say.”
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Isis and the new barbarism
In the Outback, the waiters come from East Grimsby
One of the many great things about Australia is a genuine, if slightly abrasive egalitarianism.
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Escaping icebergs on Greenland’s public radio
Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa is a fisherman’s friend.
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Straight Outta Compton sells audiences a myth
What are the chances that Ice Cube will be held properly to account for an anti-Semitic slur in a…
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Mathias Énard is the most brazen French writer since Houellebecq
Énard’s latest novel, Street of Thieves, has ideas and charisma to burn.
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Andrew Miller’s The Crossing is impressive – if puzzling
Miller’s new novel is beautiful, but I confess, it had me stumped.
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Sex and the city: the novel that listens in on New York
Linda Rosenkrantz’s Talk captures the conversations of a sex-obsessed city.
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In Kid Gloves, Knausgaardian style provides a route through a writer’s grief
Adam Mars-Jones has created a clever, stoical and cool account of caring for a dying father.
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The true cost of cheap labour in the Bangladeshi textiles industry
Jeremy Seabrook’s The Song of the Shirt goes beyond hand-wringing to create a nuanced portrait of cheap manufacturing.
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The modern troubadours who walk the waves
New books by Simon Armitage and Patrick Barkham follow walks through the south of England.
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Why can’t we stop for death?
The Black Mirror and The Worm at the Core reveal the human obsession with, and denial of, our mortality.
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Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet: a vast, sweeping production with a low-key leading man
Against a big, blowsy set, Benedict Cumberbatch delivers a deliberately un-starry performance (shame about the slow-mo).
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Those with the most to fear from a Corbyn-led Labour – and the most to gain
This week’s Politics Column from the New Statesman’s political editor.
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Leader: Goodbye to global glut as the financial markets stumble
Cheap money is a shaky foundation on which to build genuine economic growth.
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Why change isn’t going to be easy in Cuba
There are signs that a new petite bourgeoisie is emerging in Havana.
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Unlikely sisters in the Gaza Strip
A former Jewish settler in Gaza recalls her childhood friendship with a young Palestinian.
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Make your own weather forecast
Most of us don’t have to make crucial decisions based on the BBC’s weather forecast.
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Meet Richard Murphy, “the man behind Corbynomics”
The accountant and tax justice campaigner explains how his ideas ended up in Jeremy Corbyn’s economics plan.
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Tsipras’ resignation has left Syriza in deep trouble
Splinter group Popular Unity’s stated aim is to take Greece out of the deal Syriza struck with its creditors.
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A night out at the Punderdome 3000
Becca Rothfeld watches Brooklyn’s best punners battle it out with headline writers from the New York Post.
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A crash course in financial crises, Britain’s missing voters and Prince Philip’s secret socialism
Peter Wilby’s First Thoughts column.
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Leader: Tessa Jowell’s London calling
Tessa Jowell is the best choice to be Labour’s candidate for the London mayoral election.
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We don’t need female Viagra, we need feminism
So, there’s a pill to make women want sex? Feminism is all the Viagra I will ever need.
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Turmoil in the Chinese stock market is only the beginning – a global reckoning is on its way
That there are so many tumbling prices suggests this is more than just panicked stock jocks in Asia.
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Who’s who in Team Corbyn
Who are the key players in Jeremy Corbyn’s team?
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Are we taking Woody Allen for granted?
In some ways, Allen is a prisoner of the independence from Hollywood he fought for so long to protect.
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The footie is back. Three weeks in and what have we learned so far?
Barcleys, boots and big names… the Prem is back.
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A tale of two Islingtons, nostalgia for the Nineties, and the slow decline of the US Democrats
The journey from Tony Blair to Jeremy Corbyn is irresistible, providing as it does a tale of two Islingtons.
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I jumped at the chance to interview Roman Polanski – but it didn’t end well
Was I projecting my own disturbance on to him? If so, it felt like a void that I could…
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The Returning Officer: Tories
Several witnesses testified to Ennis’s amiable nature but the jury found him guilty.
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The Islamist zero hour
The unique threat posed by Isis has been analysed in depth. But how should the West respond in practice?
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Peggy Carter shows that you don’t need superpowers to be a marvel
Agent Carter uses its heroine’s invisibility in her own time to great success.
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Mindfulness is all very well – but don’t give up your right to get angry
Is meditating going to render us all docile? I’m not sure. Gaining perspective could be empowering.
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