Camerons candid camera
Eagle-eyed viewers spotted PR Dave's maniacally darting pupils.
View ArticleThe lost lion of Kabul
In 2000, after the flight of the mullahs, one Pashtun warlord offered a viable way of uniting the factions in Afghanistan and finishing off the Taliban. His name was Abdul Haq. First, the CIA supported...
View ArticleA conspiracy of optimism
Max Benitz spent months as a journalist with British troops on the front line in Helmand. Here, he reflects on the muddled thinking that characterised the early years of the Afghan conflict.
View ArticleAn offshore island in the Thames
If you want financial reform, the City is a good place to start.
View ArticleHolmes and away
Arthur Conan Doyle is cherished as the creator of one of the best-loved detectives in English literature but his talents as an author ranged far and wide, from science fiction to swashbucklers.
View ArticleRich and red and laced with politics
Nina Caplan launches her Drink column for the New Statesman with a tour of that most unlikely of bibulous states Lebanon.
View ArticleIn this week's New Statesman: The NHS 1948-2011, so what comes next?
Helen Lewis-Hasteley on sexism online | Mehdi Hasan on nuclear Iran | Andy Burnham on NHS and the markets
View ArticleGrand Pursuit: the Story of Economic Genius
The ideological fantasies of modern economics.
View ArticleChristopher Hitchens night: a review
Stephen Fry, Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie, Sean Penn and others unite to celebrate Hitchens.
View ArticleGordon Taylor is not a royal princess
A key question at todays select committee hearing.
View ArticleRick Perry's fate sealed by an "Oops"
To think that all those millions of dollars raised should come to this: a man who looks too stupid to win the nomination.
View ArticlePolitical sketch: No respect for the Murdoch family
James Murdoch's second stint in front of the Culture committee.
View ArticleMike Tyson spoofs Herman Cain
"The Tea Party loves crazy even more than they hate blacks".
View ArticleEd Miliband might have read too much into phone-hacking
The Labour leader's stance against the Murdochs was a turning point of sorts, but it didn't change the rules of the game
View ArticleMorning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read pieces from this morning's newspapers.
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