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"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 Cruddas: Why I'm backing David Miliband Jon Cruddas, the influential Labour MP for Dagenham, talks exclusively about why he is endorsing the elder Miliband for the Labour leadership. New Statesman, August 26th 2010 "I won’t be defined by the right-wing press" Ed Miliband hits back at his critics in the Labour Party and the media, and says he would never work with Nick Clegg if elected as leader. New Statesman, August 19th 2010 The insurgent - Ed Miliband The limits of vision or the absence of it: so far, the five candidates competing to become the next leader of the Labour Party have been accused of lacking what can be called the "vision thing". New Statesman, July 22nd 2010 Gordon Brown's last stand There is a pathos to the struggles of Gordon Brown. Friends "mourn" for him, but the Prime Minister himself was fighting on to the last. New Statesman, May 9th 2010 An interview with Jon Cruddas, Labour's free radical It's an indication of what has gone wrong for Labour since 2001 that some of its best people prefer to operate outside the government. One thinks in particular of Jon Cruddas. New Statesman, February 5th 2010 Jack Straw As Labour prepares for the general election, Jack Straw talks candidly about his relationship with Gordon Brown, the Iraq war, Islamism, why he is a self-styled radical on electoral reform, and how he will transform our "chilling" libel laws. New Statesman, December 3rd 2009 David Miliband Caricatured as an über-Blairite and criticised for the leadership challenge that never was, David Miliband is quietly rebuilding his reputation. New Statesman, February 19th 2009 Sania Mirza Jason Cowley on the tennis sensation who is drawing scorn from India's Muslim clerics. New Statesman, October 17th 2005 Ian McEwan Terror and the UK - He is the closest thing we have to a "national novelist": one who can speak to and for the nation at times of crisis. Ian McEwan profiled by Jason Cowley. New Statesman, July 18th 2005 Rian Malan The South African writer Rian Malan grew up in revolt against his colonial inheritance. His first and only book offers vital insights into the white man's experience of apartheid. New Statesman, March 14th 2005 Kate Bush With her first single up for a Brit Award and a new album soon to be released, Kate Bush is back in a big way. It's been a long wait, writes Jason Cowley, but she's worth it. New Statesman, February 7th 2005 Dan Brown The author of the bestselling Da Vinci Code has tapped into our post-9/11 anxieties and fear of fundamentalism. New Statesman, December 13th 2004 William Shawcross Once a model progressive, he is now the royal choice to write the Queen Mother's life and an apologist for war in Iraq. New Statesman, December 15th 2003 Tom Clancy He is the most popular novelist on earth, whose images of catastrophe animate the modern American psyche. New Statesman, September 24th 2001 Zhou Wei Hui Jason Cowley on Wei Hui, whose novel has been banned and burned in China for being too sexually explicit. New Statesman, July 23rd 2001 Caprice She has turned her brightly packaged self into a corporate image fit for a king - or at least a prince. New Statesman, March 6th 2000 JM Coetzee The ideal chronicler of the new South Africa, he deserves to make literary history as a double Booker winner. New Statesman, October 25th 1999 Iris Murdoch In one of the last interviews with Iris Murdoch, Jason Cowley found her still pondering on the spaces that God left behind. New Statesman, February 12th 1999 John le Carre A literary barbarian? Or a writer to whom future generations will turn for insights into our times? By Jason Cowley. New Statesman, February 5th 1999 |
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