Whose national character is it anyway?
The zeitgeist is hard to diagnose – but it has a powerful historical force
ByThe Magazine
In this week’s issue
The Race
Letter of the week: The great blame game
Write to [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine
By
A night with the Tartan Army at Scotland’s biggest fan zone
Safeguarding art at the Tate, and lamenting my daughter’s triumph
By
Chris Philp wants another go at fixing immigration
Money and logic be damned
By
A modern Canterbury tale
What has become of Chaucer’s pilgrimage?
By
Why Keir Starmer deserves your sympathy
No, he wasn’t a great prime minister. But Britain’s problems would break any politician
ByHow British politics became a brand war
Voters are shopping for a better deal
By
Elon Musk is the bastard heir of liberal capitalism
The richest man in history spends his days talking about racial grievances
By
Makerfield days
There is a white rage in the air and no by-election is going to change that
By
Inside the great deprofessionalisation
AI is taking the humanity out of our jobs
By
Thank God for George Michael
Sathnam Sanghera’s biography is the first serious reckoning with Michael’s life and music
By
Ann Patchett’s broken families
In Patchett’s world, even the well-adjusted have hidden tales to tell
By
Poetry’s debt to birdsong
The creatures of the air have for centuries inspired some of our finest writing, and they still do
By
David Hockney was a swirling, explosive star
The British artist has died aged 88
By
David Hockney was as serious as he was fun
Behind the uncomplicated joy was an artist who always pushed boundaries
By
Does Virginia Woolf need updating?
The patriarchal world of Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day has been rewritten for our enlightened times
By
OnlyFans, a Great British export
A new documentary reveals the vice our economy is built upon
By
Olivia Rodrigo is sick of love
The American singer’s latest album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love is her best yet
By
Shakespeare’s Adonis is out of his depth
The sustaining joke of Venus and Adonis is the comedy of its wonderful articulacy
By
Remembering Roy Hattersley, Labour titan
The former Labour deputy leader has died aged 93
By
Put some respect on aeroplane food
You’ll eat what you’re given and you’ll like it
By
Beer and Sandwiches: the Last Light in Margate
This column is our weekly pub review, written by pintsmen, women and children across the nation. Suggestions to [email protected]
By
PCOS to PMOS: can doctors finally understand the syndrome?
Once thought of primarily as a reproductive issue, PMOS is properly understood as metabolic ill-health
By
Can Virgin Island heal the nation’s incels?
This is a refreshingly positive piece of reality TV
By
Staying up for Scotland
And for England, so long as they’re not playing Scotland!
By