Nostalgia is a seductive liar
But its political power is real.
ByThe Magazine
In this week’s issue
The Age of Deportation
How Labour learned to love the flag
On its first day back, parliament struggled to absorb the new politics of nationalism and rebellion sweeping Britain.
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Shockat Adam on Britain’s new left: “We’re not anti-wealth”
The independent MP on building a new party with Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana.
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Herodotus was the least stupid tourist in history
Also this week: Confusion on Greek taxi boats and envying the “soixante-huitards”.
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Angela Rayner’s woes are testing fellow ministers’ patience
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Nigel Farage’s free speech hypocrisy
Your weekly dose of news and gossip from journalism, broadcasting and beyond.
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Letter of the week: Closer to God
Write to [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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What is Zack Polanski’s next move?
The eco-populist has Nigel Farage in his sights.
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Donald Trump is creating a personal paramilitary force
Ice, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has become a form of armed police.
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Landlords are a brake on growth
If she wants to energise the economy, Rachel Reeves should become their sworn enemy.
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The age of deportation
The haven that Britain once was is being dismantled. In its place a fortress rises.
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The left’s immigration failure
In Labour’s absence, Nigel Farage is stepping into the void.
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Through the unknown gate
How Britain’s long European trauma was forged in wartime Algeria.
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Robert Louis Stevenson’s adventures in storytelling
A new biography reveals the author as shaped by conflicting influences – and affirms his status as a serious writer.
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Constantine Cavafy’s melancholy and majesty
The 20th-century Greek-Alexandrian poet wrote of a faded grandeur that stood for all humanity.
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Christianity’s political ascent
Alice Roberts’ history of the late Roman empire dispels the notion of a faith for the poor and oppressed…
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Joining the dots of 20th-century art
“Radical Harmony” at the National Gallery reveals how super-patron Helene Kröller-Müller established pointillism and influenced a generation of painters.
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On Swift Horses is a plodding take on queer desire
Daniel Minahan’s film, set among gamblers in repressive postwar America, promises subversion but risks very little.
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Mitchell and Webb’s second look
With their new Channel 4 sketch show, the duo are on a mission to save the comedy double-act.
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Sabrina Carpenter shows us a good time
Her new studio album, Man’s Best Friend, may be muted. But she remains the only popstar with comic talent.
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Why don’t British politicians know how to eat?
They are committed to bad Caesar salads and anti-taste signalling.
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The needs of the many vs the needs of the newts
In building Britain’s infrastructure – as in so many areas of policy – there are no perfect solutions to…
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An outing with the Ikea botherers
A new store opening in Brighton makes a visit to the Swedish homewares emporium a looming inevitability.
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My cherished camping inheritance
Growing up, my holidays were spent under canvas: I love to camp because my dad loved to camp.
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This England: What’s good for the gander
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
BySeptember 1955: The argument for British compassion towards Windrush immigrants.
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