From the archive: The revolution turns to repression
August 1979: Six months after the Iranian Revolution, Fred Halliday surveys the Islamic Republic.
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From the archive: The apotheosis of Tammany Jim
April 1977: The New Statesman’s former editor Paul Johnson froths at James Callaghan’s pact with the Liberal Party.
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From the archive: Am I a Jew?
On 23 July 1965, the late journalist Bernard Levin wrote this celebrated piece for the New Statesman, reflecting on his…
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From the NS archive: We helped them descend into hell
In this 1999 piece, the late journalist reported from East Timor on how its people were abandoned by the West…
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The New Statesman’s most read of 2023
Our pick of the best writing and biggest moments from the past year.
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The best New Statesman interviews of 2023
Conversations with the people at the centre of this year’s biggest stories.
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Man’s weather obsession
31 March 1917: Man has for centuries prayed for fine weather. He has even tried to invent it. Clearly it…
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Milan Kundera’s identity crisis
In renouncing his homeland and despairing of European culture, the Czech novelist walks in the footsteps of Kafka.
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