Political sentimentalism was never enough to overturn patriarchal beauty standards.

I saw the final (but is it?) episode of Gavin & Stacey a few days before most at a star strewn screening in a flashy London ...

Christopher Lasch, Steve Bannon and Donald Trump all understand the unique current of our historical moment.

The all-action American novelist is praised for his virile heroics – but it was his instinct for “the feminine” that gave his ...

In Stranger Than Fiction, the American editor Edwin Frank seeks to tell the story of the modern novel through an eccentric, ...

After nearly three years spent in combat fatigues, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will no doubt find it strange the ...

And thus Chanukah, which usually takes place somewhere between late November and mid-December, so all eight nights are done ...

The New Statesman’s choice of the year’s essential fiction and non-fiction.

Their campaign became the tool of cynical politicians.

Having spent prodigiously, the SNP is recognising the need to make government leaner and more efficient. There are more ...

Labour – always prone to imposter syndrome – risks appearing as if it has merely borrowed power. Starmer’s challenge – and he ...

China is back at the top of the political agenda. On Monday, the alleged Chinese spy known as “H6” at the heart of this ...