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The left's favourite Tories: Robert Peel Peel is best known as the creator of the modern police force; but I most admire him for his struggle to repeal the protectionist Corn Laws. New Statesman, October 6th 2011 Arguably: Christopher Hitchens Christopher Hitchens' fierce certainties make for fine polemic but they have often obscured reality. Financial Times, September 23rd 2011 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: An elegy for England John le Carré’s classic novel, now adapted for the big screen, is much more than a cold war whodunnit. New Statesman, Septemeber 22nd 2011 Ragnarok: AS Byatt AS Byatt brings an apocalyptic Norse myth to England during the second world war. Financial Times, September 2nd 2011 Matthew Hollis: Now All Roads Lead to France Matthew Hollis pays tribute to Edward Thomas, the first world war poet who immortalised the beauty of England. Financial Times, August 6th 2011 The Stranger's Child: Alan Hollinghurst The setting of The Stranger's Child feels immediately familiar, as do the ironies – elegant people partying on the edge of the abyss. Financial Times, June 24th 2011 Editor's Note — after Rowan Williams Jason Cowley on the fallout from the Archbishop of Canterbury's guest edit of the New Statesman. New Statesman, June 23rd 2011 "I can see another financial bomb going off" Once a self-styled free radical, Vince Cable is now grappling with the compromises of power. New Statesman, May 26th 2011 Ed Miliband has a departure point and a destination, but no route map Miliband is torn between what he would like to do and what the conservatism of the wider political culture will allow him to do. New Statesman, May 12th 2011 A tale of two weddings The impending nuptials of Kate and Wills remind the New Statesman editor of another royal wedding 30 years ago. New Statesman, April 27th 2011 An archive of Jason Cowley's column in the Sunday Mirror can be viewed here. |
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