Jason Cowley is an award-winning journalist, magazine editor and writer. He is a commentator for The Sunday Times, writing on politics, world affairs and cultural issues.

From 2008 to 2024, he was Editor-in-Chief of the New Statesman, the UK’s leading liberal weekly political magazine founded in 1913. Under his leadership, the magazine experienced substantial growth in readership, digital profile and cultural impact, earning him multiple Editor of the Year awards in the politics and current affairs category from the British Society of Magazine Editors. He broadened its politics, championing sceptical, independent journalism beholden to no party or faction.

From 2003 to 2007, he worked for the Observer, the oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, as a magazine editor (The Observer Sport Monthly) and essayist. He then served as Editor of Granta, the literary periodical, from 2007 to 2008, before his move to the New Statesman.

As an author, Jason has published several books, including The Last Game: Love, Death and Football (2009), Reaching for Utopia: Essays and Profiles (2018), and Who Are We Now? Stories of Modern England (2022). He wrote the introduction to the Macmillan Collector’s Library edition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm (2021).

He also works as a media and policy strategist, public speaker and broadcaster for Times Radio.