Nathalie A Cabrol: Q&A: “I was happiest diving into volcanoes’ summit lakes”
The astrobiologist on living in Ancient Egypt, heading back to the Andes, and the delusional mindset of humans.
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The decline of the US public school
The latest instalment of BBC Radio Four’s Crossing Continents series explores the rejection of public education in Arizona.
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Freddie Flintoff’s second coming
The ex-England pro leads his young team for a second series of self-discovery.
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Hollywoodgate is a glimpse of the Taliban at work
This revelatory film follows two soldiers in Afghanistan during the country’s regime change.
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Zelensky’s gambit
Is the Ukrainian invasion of Russia a turning point in the war?
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The parallels between riots in the UK and Ireland are alarming
Since last November’s violence in Dublin, the country’s temperature has changed entirely.
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Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro: a promise 15 years in the making
Also this week: hosting an esteemed guest in Paris and a self-imposed news ban.
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The history of English rioting repeats itself
Periods of unrest in England are nothing new – and it’s unlikely they will end in 2024.
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Letter of the week: A call for clarity
Write to [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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A rediscovery of who we are
The new Labour government must do better than just delivering a more efficient immigration system.
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Keir Starmer has a chance to dominate the common ground
The Prime Minister is closer to voters on the economy and law and order than Nigel Farage and the Conservatives…
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James Baldwin in a time of riots
A century after the writer’s birth, the return of divisive racial politics has given his work renewed urgency.
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Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams on Tour is a hopeful, tear-jerking delight
This, for me, is the antidote to those appalling race riots. If only all those involved could be made to…
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Matt Pottinger: “We are now in the foothills of a great-power hot war”
The former US security official on what a second Trump presidency would mean for China, Taiwan and the West.
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Elon Musk wants us to have more children
Is demography the new front line of the culture wars?
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Slavoj Žižek’s war with the left
At 75, the “rock star” intellectual has alienated many. But is his politics a strange source of sanity?
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Who’s offended by Virginia Woolf?
How the writer’s Tavistock Square statue became a battleground for her legacy.
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What the Tories did to us
The essay collection The Conservative Effect explores how theatrical short-termism and specious rhetoric defined 14 years of mis-rule.
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Daniel Handler: Q&A: “My wife is too busy to paint my portrait”
The author on Grace Jones, making cocktails, and wanting to be a jellyfish.
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Generation Not Yet
A quietly incendiary new book reveals why millennials, paralysed by doubt, are struggling to make the leap into parenthood.
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