The inventor of the Renaissance
Four and a half centuries after his death, we still owe our understanding of art’s greatest period to Giorgio Vasari.
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The NS Poem II: A Bit on the Side
A new poem by Craig Raine.
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The NS Poem I: Suspensions
A new poem by Kathleen Winter.
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In search of a homeland
A personal story of myth, memory, Scotland and the longing for community.
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The prison system is broken
Prisons inspector Charlie Taylor on jails failing inmates and society.
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Why I feel like a literary Gareth Southgate
Also this week: My part in the great IT outage, and trying to impress Keir Starmer.
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The press doesn’t understand the public
The only institution to have had a more damaging election than the Tories was Fleet Street.
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A different kind of weather
The anti-complacency mindset that guided Labour in opposition has been taken successfully into government.
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Letter of the week: Humans vs resources
Write to [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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The power tussle: Sue Gray vs Morgan McSweeney
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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This England: The great escape
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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How to write for radio
What I learned as a judge of the Charles Parker Prize for best student audio feature.
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Piglets: ITV’s “offensive” police comedy
This series set in a police training academy is by turns laugh-out-loud funny and simply embarrassing.
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Romance on the run in the Old West
Kevin Barry’s new novel The Heart in Winter sets passion against violence on the brutal American frontier.
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About Dry Grasses is quintessential slow cinema
This Turkish film is deeply challenging, even boring at times. But it is pretty much a masterpiece.
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Beethoven and the Romantic spirit
The composer’s Third Cello Sonata, an underrated masterwork, cuts up the musical form and reassembles it anew.
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The 1924 Paris Olympics: when athletes inspired art
The Fitzwilliam Museum’s latest show highlights an era that saw the sporting and artistic worlds converge.
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The remoralisation of politics is long overdue
For common decency to prevail, we must understand the economic, social and psychological pressures that influence the way we behave.
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For those graduating this summer: consider the generations to come
A university education gives you disproportionate freedom, power and potential. It’s a real responsibility.
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