The NS Q&A: Susan Hill on North Korea, Tony Benn and Say Yes to the Dress
The award-winning novelist and publisher answers our questions.
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Trump's permanent revolution
Commons Confidential: Dave’s picnic with Dacre
Revenge is a dish best served cold from a wicker hamper.
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The real question about George Osborne and the Evening Standard? Why he’d even want the job
The week in the media, from Osborne’s irrelevant editorship to the unrepentant McGuinness and Vera Lynn’s stirring ballads.
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Limehouse raises the question of when party loyalty becomes political irresponsibility
Labour’s “Gang of Four” are brought to life brilliantly at the Donmar Warehouse.
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After ten days alone, only The xx at Brixton Academy can make me feel normal again
Very quickly, it becomes clear that loneliness doesn’t suit me.
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Losing Momentum: how Jeremy Corbyn’s support group ran out of steam
Tom Watson says it is destroying Labour. Its supporters say it is a vital force for change. Our correspondent…
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The prophets of Trumpism
How the ideas of two pre-war intellectual refugees – the radical Herbert Marcuse and the reactionary Eric Voegelin –…
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“Like a giant metal baby”: whether you like it or not, robots are already part of our world
For centuries, we have built replacements for ourselves. But are we ready to understand the implications?
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“In America nobody cares what writers think about anything”: Paul Auster on art, life and Donald Trump
The cult author speaks on the sudden rebirth of American activism and writing “the book of his life”.
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The battle for the soul of British Islam
Three new books reflect on the complexities, and challenges, faced by Muslims in Britain.
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Why we, and Theresa May, will be watching George Osborne carefully
Osborne will use the Standard as a rival power base to the May government. But can he do the job…
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The alt-right Leninist
Steve Bannon, the US president’s chief strategist, wants to destroy the state.
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Out like a light: why bad sleep poses a danger to us all
Our species has declared war on the night and sleep has been the victim.
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I’d only given a literary talk, but someone still told me to leave the country
“So if you don’t like it so much,” he says, “why don’t you leave?” And his tone suggests that…
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Martin McGuinness’s long game: why a united Ireland is now increasingly likely
McGuinness died with his ultimate goal of a united Ireland arguably closer to realisation than at any other time…
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Drama without sensation: A Separation is an unsettling novel of distances
In Katie Kitamura’s novel, it is the distance between the narrator’s two selves that causes her most discomfort.
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Grandpa was ill and wasn’t keen on climbing the volcano – but we forced him up all the same
I squinted. Apart from a gleam of turquoise, the view was of one big cloud. Slowly the words started to form…
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Only Drake could wow the O2 by pointing out random audience members’ clothing
It takes charisma to pull off abandoning hits halfway through.
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Battle of the banners: how the disputes of football took to the skies
Across the top of the screen floated a banner, pulled by a little aeroplane: IN ARSENE WE TRUST.
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How Dame Vera Lynn was told to “posh her accent up”
Radio 2’s 100th-birthday tribute reveals how Lynn was forced to change her voice.
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Does it matter that Donald Trump likes his steak well done?
He throws away burger buns and scrapes the top off his pizza: why Donald Trump’s lack of interest in…
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Everything is illuminated: Rowan Williams on the art and faith of David Jones
Haunted by his time in the trenches and disturbed by the modern marketplace, Jones formed a world-view full of…
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In praise of the late developer
The success of late developers proves that our obsession with early achievement is wrong.
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Man alive! Why the flaws of Inside No 9 only emphasise its brilliance
A man we’d thought destined for certain death reappeared, alive and kicking. Even as my brain raced, I was grinning.
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The film for The Lost City of Z was flown back from the jungle – and it was worth it
Based on David Grann’s book about the British explorer Percy Fawcett, the film is a beautiful, diligent portrait. Plus:…
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Leader: The divisions within Labour
Labour’s divisions have rendered it unfit for government at a moment of profound political change.
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