The Humbling of the SNP
The nationalists believe their interests and those of the Scottish people are coterminous. They are not.
April 12 2023 / The New Statesman
A Darkening World
In 2013, few could have predicted the political convulsions to come
April 12 2023 / The New Statesman
Bryan Magee: The Restless Philosopher, an interview
The last interview - an audio long read
April 9 2023 / The New Statesman
Wootton Bassett: The Town that Wept
Mourning the fallen soldiers of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
March 16 2023 / The New Statesman
The Iraq War catastrophe: twenty years later
The liberal delusion of remaking the world
March 15 2023 / The New Statesman
Keir Stramer: what he has learnt from the German Social Democrats
The search for security and respect in an age of disorder
March 1 2023 / The New Statesman
The Undoing of Nicola Sturgeon
Her fall offers little reason for unionist triumphalism
February 22 2023 / The New Statesman
Andy Murray: the unbreakable spirit of Andy Murray
The Scottish tennis player has achieved a late-career grandeur and nobility
January 21 2023 / The New Statesman
Paul Johnson: from radical to reactionary
The former New Statesman editor who came to hate the Left
January 18 2023 / The New Statesman
Keir Starmer: the unbinding of Britain
Will breaking up the United Kingdom bring us closer together?
Plus, Eric Ravilious and deep England
December 8 2022 / The New Statesman
Munira Mirza: out of Downing Street and into the world
Munira Mirza, once known as “Boris Johnson’s brain”, is a liberal contrarian whose views have been widely condemned. But now in her new role she wants to avoid controversy and change the way we do politics
November 9 2022 / The New Statesman
The Truss Debacle
A broken and humiliated Conservative party turns back to Jeremy Hunt
