"I'm younger than that now": Dylan on ageing
A top-five list of his lyrics on growing old, to celebrate his 71st birthday.Bob Dylan turns 71 today. On 29 May, the song-and-dance man will receive the Presidential Medal of Honour at the White House...
View ArticleThe new regulator is already caving in to the banks
Charging for current accounts in credit would be an attack on citizens and insult to savers. First the taxpayer has to bail out the banks. Now it seems that the unsuspecting current account customer...
View ArticleThe end of free UK current accounts?
The end of free checking gathers pace.On 24 May, Bank of England executive director for banking supervision Andrew Bailey said that the "myth" of free banking enjoyed by customers when not overdrawn...
View ArticleAdam Smith, Frederic Michel at Leveson: 5 things we learned
Including 1000 texts between DCMS and News Corp. David Cameron knew Jeremy Hunt was pro-BSkyB before he gave the Department of Culture, Media and Sport control of the bid, after taking it off Vince...
View ArticleMothercare posts annual pre-tax loss of £102.9m
UK sales down, while international sales surge.The British mother and baby products retailer Mothercare has reported a pre-tax loss of £102.9m for the 53-week period ended 31 March 2012, compared to a...
View ArticlePAC criticises ministry of defence’s 7.5 per cent cuts strategy
However, MPs encourage that the MoD is taking active steps to tackle low morale caused by the cuts.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has gone ahead with the 7.5 per cent cuts at an estimated saving of...
View ArticleMorning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read comment pieces from this morning's papers.1. Europe must take a leap to get out of the quagmire (Guardian) There is no Merkellande or Frangela, but François Hollande has shown good...
View ArticleOpinionomics | 26 May 2012
Must-read comment analysis. Featuring fiscal expansion and free banking contraction.1. Why the political left should adopt the 'flat tax' (Independent) Mary Dejevsky argues that Ed Miliband should...
View ArticleJeremy Hunt: how much longer can the government hold out?
Hunt wrote to Cameron expressing his support for the BSkyB bid, a month before taking control of the decision.Ever since last month’s revelations about the relationship between Jeremy Hunt’s office and...
View ArticleA shed of one's own
We need to be more open about issues facing men.We need to talk about men and we don’t do so. Quite often, because of the cultures of both modern men and women, it’s because we can’t. Even to suggest...
View ArticleVideo: Theresa May declares support for gay marriage
The Home Secretary becomes most senior politician to take part in Out4Marriage campaign.Theresa May, the Conservative Home Secretary, has released a video expressing her personal support for gay...
View ArticleIn search of the European dream
Undocumented migrants have skewed ideas about life in Europe.Abdarrazaq’s family is bewildered. They do not understand why he lives in a hostel or why he does not have a job. After all, he is in...
View ArticleWhy isn't male unemployment an issue?
The last time the male unemployment rate was lower than female was September 1980. Ever since then, men have been more likely to be unemployed than women. At times, like in the boom of the late 1980s,...
View ArticleThe British public backs Francois Hollande
A new poll by YouGov contains some pretty bad news for the austerity junkies.A YouGov poll out today, and commissioned by the new trade-union-backed thinktank, Class, reveals that the British public...
View ArticleThe stakes are high in the US
Obama's victory is far from certain - and a Romney win would have far reaching effects.It has been election season in Europe recently. Incumbents of all political colours are feeling the backlash from...
View ArticleHowTheLightGetsIn
Ten days of big ideas in Hay-on-Wye.The New Statesman is delighted to be a media partner for this year's HowTheLightGetsIn festival in Hay-on-Wye. HTLGI is, in the organisers' description, "the world's...
View ArticleAlex Salmond’s leap of faith
Why the left should defend the British Union.In the spring of 1995, I spent a week on assignment in Edinburgh. The weather was unusually settled, and during long, radiant days of sunshine I explored...
View ArticleOther people's business, Thursday 25 May
You are what you drive...1. Difference Engine: You are what you drive (Babbage) After 11 years of daily use, the family kidmobile is nearing the end of its economic life, writes Babbage. 2. Goldman...
View ArticleThe Friday Arts Diary
Our cultural picks for the week ahead. Festivals Institut Français, London: SW7: BD & Comics Passion Festival, 24 – 27 May "Bandes dessinée" literally translates from the French as “drawn strip”....
View ArticleBreivik's trial now focuses on victims
Breivik's trial continues - but the attention is no longer on the killer.The court lecture played faithfully into the absurd image he has constructed for himself – Commander Anders Behring Breivik, the...
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