New Statesman
Archived since
23 - 29 May 2014
Modern Archive
578 issues
The New Statesman is Britain's leading and most authoritative weekly political, cultural and current affairs magazine. Irreverent, beautifully written and witty, the New Statesman is the essential read for bright thinkers everywhere. The magazine’s award-winning team of editors and contributors seek to engage readers with great writing, arresting photography, intelligent analysis, bold campaigns and trenchant argument. For a century, our mission has been to provide readers with a rigorous examination of political culture as well as to amuse and entertain.
Latest Issue:
Fool Britannia: Britain’s economy is ready to blow, argues Sky New’s Ed Conway. In his analysis, our short-sighted pursuit of cheap goods over national security has left us dangerously exposed. At the end of this month, John Healey will present his first Budget as Chancellor – and he faces a series of painful dilemmas that the country can no longer avoid. Plus:
- Katie Stallard interviews the tech author Dan Wang on America’s existential battle for AI supremacy
- Ethan Croft weighs the political pros and cons of Andy Burnham’s reopening of the Brexit debate
- Caroline Lucas reflects on a difficult week for the Green Party
- Megan Gibson on how it feels to become a British citizen in 2026
- John Gray explores JRR Tolkien’s relationship with reality in his review of DJ Taylor’s biography The King Under the Mountain
- The playwright David Edgar delves into Ibsen’s obsessions, as revealed in his later works
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