Morning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read pieces from this morning's newspapers.
View ArticleRelief for Miliband as Labour wins by-election
Labour holds onto Feltham and Heston seat -- but was the 8.5 per cent swing from the Tories enough?
View ArticleChristopher Hitchens: a New Statesman reader
Selected articles on, and by, the essayist from the NS archive.
View ArticleWhat Westfield London reveals about the future of shopping
The key element in Westfield's success is the same as for street markets: offering consumers something different from what is available in convential high streets.
View ArticleIs it a marathon, a sprint or jogging on the spot, Ed?
The Labour leader's strategy relies on voters one day realising that he was right all along. Then rewarding him for it.
View ArticlePreview: Tim Minchin on his love of Christmas
Extracts from the comedian's article in the special Richard Dawkins guest-edited New Statesman.
View ArticleChristopher Hitchens, the enemy of the totalitarian
He had no equal in contemporary Anglo-American letters; there are followers and disciples but no heir apparent.
View ArticleChanging the conversation in 2012
Might a party leader attend to the growing dissonance between Westminster rhetoric and the daily reality of the electorate?
View ArticleWeb Only: best of the blogs
The five must-read posts from today, including Graydon Carter and Christopher Buckley's memories of the Hitch.
View ArticleBooks interview: Juan Pablo Villalobos
"Why the Liberian pygmy hippo? If it's absurd, let's do it really absurd. At the end it's a symbol; it's the learning of power."
View ArticlePreview II: Richard Dawkins interviews Christopher Hitchens
More exclusive extracts from Hitchens's final interview.
View ArticleLessons from the Iraq war
The end of the Iraq war comes at a time when apathy is turning into discontent for students in Britain.
View ArticleWill the three Gs matter in Iowa?
In the first and most important caucus state, the GOP candidates are putting "gays, guns and God" issues on their political agendas.
View ArticleGuantánamo comes home
Instead of closing Guantánamo, Obama has brought its shameful disregard for human rights on to the home turf.
View ArticleScottish Labours identity crisis
New leader Johann Lamont has to develop a coherent political and constitutional alternative to the SNP - but what it is?
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