The premier first called in communications coach Leonie Mellinger in 2017 as he set his sights on becoming Labour's next ...

What was Dylan’s lasting effect on the protest song? Tom Gatti is joined by Kate Mossman, senior writer at the New Statesman, and Dorian Lynskey, writer and author of 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A ...

The case for ending the effective state subsidy of private schools is overwhelming. By New Statesman On 5 July 2024, Keir Starmer’s cabinet took office as the most state-educated in history. Amid the ...

By New Statesman A bidder paid £2,728 for an empty cardboard box, because it featured in the 1992 Christmas special of Only Fools and Horses. The “Peckham Spring Water” box sparked a global bidding ...

The brutal 500-year history of English violence in Europe. By Brendan Simms and David Trim War is inherently violent. It is also no secret that atrocities happen in most armed conflicts. The laws of ...

Is the SNP renewing itself again? John Swinney has reversed Nicola Sturgeon’s errors and is making the political weather. By Chris Deerin “We will cut our waiting lists.” With this declaration, John ...

The party is suffering as a result of general national apathy. By Ben Walker When Keir Starmer entered No 10 last summer, he was a healthy 14 percentage points ahead of the Conservatives on the ...

How the Sunshine State, once America’s dead end, became its new seat of power. By Lily Lynch Approaching Mar-a-Lago, there is little to suggest you are nearing a nerve centre of global power. The ...

The Conservative leader too often displays confidence without homework. By Rachel Cunliffe We can learn a lot from Kemi Badenoch by watching her at inquiries. For one thing, she’s good at them. While ...

Lunar New Year, also widely regarded as Chinese New Year since the late 19th century when it gained global recognition through Chinese immigrant communities, is a centuries-old tradition rooted in ...

Labour must recover its radical tradition and close Britain’s education privilege gap. By David Kynaston and Francis Green Political spats come and go, but one that may enter the history books ...

Even before the election, the young US cohort was already shifting right. By Sarah Manavis Gen Z was supposed to be a left-wing cohort. Zoomers, we were told, championed wokeness; they would “save us” ...