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On the genealogy of Peter Mandelson’s morality

The prince of darkness has fallen. But where did his appetite for risk come from?

After 17 years at the New Statesman, I leave with a renewed faith in the power of ideas

March 2009, the month I joined the New Statesman as a 22-year-old, was a different political time: a Labour chancellor…

Abandon all hope at the Your Party hustings

Zoom-related difficulties besieged the party’s CEC election hustings

The Tories will fight Reform to the death

The two “blue” parties could have almost identical manifestos

We know everything and nothing about Molly Russell

The teen belonged to the most documented generation in history

London hates tourists – just look at the West End

Pity the foreigners looking for a good meal on Shaftesbury Avenue

Sirāt makes raving sacred

But be warned: the film is savage and uncomfortable

Beer and sandwiches: At the Rye Waterworks Micropub

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March 1962: A by-election shocks the legacy parties

Hunting for a secret admirer and a scam artist

More than one part of my life was unbalanced

Can young voters save British democracy?

Extending the franchise to 16-year-olds will change not just the scale of our elections, but their character

Nintendo: the company that consoled the world

The gaming corporation succeeded by shunning the slaughter and darkness that drives so many franchises

How to turn breast milk into a cash cow

The market for erotic lactation, IVF and surrogacy is a morally complex world of desperation and exploitation

The NS Poem: Footprints

A new poem by Blake Morrison

James Meek’s broken Britain

The LRB essayist’s new novel draws from his reporting on a dysfunctional nation

The violence at the heart of the CCP

Frank Dikötter charts the rise of Chinese communism through its brutality. But does he undervalue the role of ideas?

Letter of the week: In the spirit of collaboration

Write to [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine

Blair’s ruthlessness was key to his success

Some reflections on leadership

The story behind Prince Andrew’s arrest

Also this week: how to build a 21st-century monarchy, and the power of literary festivals

Donald Trump is sleepwalking into war with Iran

All Washington can do is ask: why?