Robert Kaplan: A pessimist's guide to the future

​The American journalist supported the Iraq war - until he watched the carnage unfold. Now he advocates a policy of “tragic realism” for our chaotic era

January 19 2025 / The Sunday Times

Labour's Trump problem

​The energy in western politics is with the populist right

December 29 2024 / The Sunday Times

The first 100 days

Even Labour veterans are calling it the worst start by a government in their lifetime

December 22 2024 / The Sunday Times

Signing Off: Lives and Letters

​For one more time, for one last time: 10 memorable pieces from my editorship, 2008-2024, essays, commentary, poetry, fiction, interviews

December 21 2024 / The Saturday Read

Gary Lineker: The End of an Era

He is one of the most successful people in the UK, a master of reinvention, and yet is hated by some. Why does being Gary Lineker mean being hated at all?

December 5 2024 / The New Statesman

Editor's Note: My Farewell to the New Statesman

A key challenge for any NS editor: what to do about the Labour Party?

December 4 2024 / The New Statesman

Bill Gates: The Optimist's Dilemma

​Exclusive interview: The billionaire philanthropist’s warning to the world

November 28 2024 / The New Statesman

Like Thatcherism, Trumpism is here to stay

The Trumpist MAGA movement has cultural roots that the left failed to understand or confront

November 6 2024 / The New Statesman

England Undone

Keir Starmer was compelled to use the full force of the Hobbesian state to quash anarchy and reimpose public order. But the riots revealed something dark and shocking: an England atomised, an England in pieces

August 14 2024 / The New Statesman

Gareth Southgate: The Quiet Englishman

The Southgate era is over but the spirit of Southgatism will endure

July 17 2024 / The New Statesman

Editor's Note: All changed, changed utterly

​The Conservatives and SNP routed: the kingdom is more stable than at any time since the Scottish independence referendum of 2014

July 10 2024 / The New Statesman

New Times: The Labour landslide

​The plan for Labour’s return to power following its abject defeat in 2019 pre-existed Keir Starmer but only he could have implemented it

July 7 2024 / The Sunday Times