New Statesman

Ireland can’t blame its anti-immigrant problem on Rishi Sunak

The sudden arrival of European-style populism in Irish politics is the result of 13 years of government complacency.

What it means to be German

Frank Trentmann’s history reveals how modern Germany found a new moral purpose after the horrors of Nazism.

The everyday economists guiding Rachel Reeves

The shadow chancellor’s history of women economists raises profound questions about the future of work.

Incel ideology has entered the mainstream

No longer the preserve of dark corners of the internet, it is being spoon-fed to boys on social media.

Old Europe is dead

The war in Ukraine has broken the Franco-German axis that once defined Europe as the UK and Poland take charge.

The Policy Ask with Matt Downie: "Ending homelessness through a housing-first model is a transformative idea"

The CEO of Crisis on rogue landlords, the inhumanity of the “hostile environment” mantra and Finland’s housing-first policy.

The cult of Sigmund Freud

The inventor of psychoanalysis attracted failed scientists and sexual opportunists, and built his legacy upon myth and error.

?New ideas”? Axed Times columnist addresses the elephant in the room

After 18 years David Aaronovitch was mysteriously let go from Rupert Mudroch’s paper, but he feels “free at last”.

Can Rishi Sunak solve the Brexit Schleswig-Holstein question?

There’s one way to end the stalemate over Northern Ireland.

Labour considering plan to soften Brexit

The party could embrace dynamic alignment with European regulations to boost economic growth.

Rishi Sunak can’t get away with neglecting childcare

The sector’s woes are more than an education issue, so the Prime Minister would be wise to heed his MPs’ warnings.

From the NS archive: The execution of Erskine Childers

2 December 1922: Why I would not sign the petition to save my friend from the firing squad.

Morgan McSweeney – Labour’s power broker

The Irishman has become the most influential operator in Keir Starmer’s team. But what does he really want?

Has pop reached peak Jack Antonoff?

From the music of Taylor Swift to Lorde, the producer’s sound is inescapable – and too much of even a delicious thing gets sickening.

A broken and humiliated Tory party turns back to Jeremy Hunt, the last Cameroon

Unlike Liz Truss, the new Chancellor is a serious and measured politician.

The Goldsmiths Prize 2022 shortlist: “creative daring” and political activism

In its tenth year, the award for “fiction at its most novel” presents a politically charged shortlist dominated by female authors.

Elif Batuman and the art of a real life

In Either/Or, Batuman’s sequel to The Idiot, the protagonist is bewildered by the mundane and fixated on the profound.

Nuclear power is the French election's hot topic

Emmanuel Macron is struggling to reconcile climate action with a desire to support industry and secure France's energy supply.