Osborne called it wrong on private sector employment
New figures show that the private sector isn't making up for public sector job losses.
View ArticlePreview: Bill Gates makes the case for optimism
Exclusive extracts from Bill Gates' column on the wonders of innovation. in this week's NS.
View ArticleWhen does it not pay to be Muslim?
Here's a revolutionary concept: how about a TV character happens to be a Muslim and the plot revolves around, say, her job?
View ArticleWhy something needs to be done about the betting industry
There are increasing concerns that stores are becoming more concentrated in poor and deprived areas.
View ArticlePMQs sketch: Grilled Miliband followed sautéed Clegg
The PM could not believe how he has gone from zero to hero without any planning.
View ArticleCameron's Europe bounce continues
New poll shows that Cameron's EU stance has significantly improved his leadership ratings.
View ArticleScrounging foreigners invade Edinburgh? Wheres Paul Dacre?
Peter Wilby reflects on German financial logic, welcomes changes at the eleventh hour to the Extradition Act, cheers a rare lefty success, wonders why PRs wont offer him a free lunch and pandas to the...
View ArticleRussia's post-election protests: a "no" to nihilism
Is the country finally starting to believe in something?
View ArticleWords in pictures: Russell Hoban
The late author discusses his penchant for writing songs and rhymes.
View ArticlePreview: Sam Harris on the free will delusion
The atheist author and neuroscientist on why we're not as free as we think.
View ArticleFull transcript | David Cameron | Speech on troubled families | Sandwell...
"We will not fix these problems without a revolution in responsibility... personal, parental, social and civic"
View ArticleJournos have never loved their rivals -- but the lines are getting more...
Maybe tribalism is to be expected as the endgame approaches, newspapers die off and the new landscape gets drawn.
View ArticleDo books "prime people for terrorism"?
This week's terrorism conviction has serious implications for freedoms of speech and thought in modern Britain.
View ArticleChurches can now conduct civil partnerships, but should they even be allowed...
The current legal situation around marriage and civil partnership is incoherent.
View ArticleThe rise of the political biopic
Why do we want to see our political figures on the big screen?
View ArticleWeb Only: the best of the blogs
The five must-read blogs from today, including France's broadside at England and Murdoch changing the subject.
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