For centuries it was “the Lock and Key of England”, the garrison town that guarded the realm against Julius Caesar, William ...

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 ...

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

September 5 is a film so devoid of ethical complexity it’s almost fun to watch. We’re rooting for real life ABC man Geoffrey ...

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 ...

Weeks after President Yoon Suk-yeol brought the country to the brink of authoritarianism, lawmakers voted to impeach him.

The council was drowning in debt and had been forced to take an axe to local services. Earlier that year it had become the ...

The wishes of a 16-year-old seeking to transition could be overruled because of concerns that hormone treatment isn’t in their best interest.

Nevertheless, in a country of environmentalists, you might expect the Greens to be thriving (concern about climate change ...