I feel so lucky to have had Rachel Cooke as a friend and colleague in recent years. She was one of the best: funny, kind, clever, a truly exceptional writer, and a loyal sister-in-arms to the feminists of Kings Place. We’ll miss her so much. Thank you to Tim Adams for writing

Incredible photo from Reuters here:

Really enjoyed speaking to Kate Clanchy about what happened to her and Anatomy of a Cancellation newstatesman.com/culture/books/…

What a beautiful, nuanced, thought-provoking piece

Near London, the Met have built a scale model of the divided and violent future that many fear Britain is spiralling towards. I visited last week to watch cops throw petrol bombs at each other and prepare for civic breakdown

The insidious cruelty of justice porn A new documentary explores the moral complexity of To Catch a Predator, a 2000s show based on hunting paedophiles By Megan Nolan newstatesman.com/culture/tv/202…

The Harvard Crimson has the best reporting on Larry Summers-Epstein relationship -- here with more details as they team up in the apparent pursuit of an attractive LSE macroeconomist thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

Re-reading the utterly original Rachel Cooke newstatesman.com/appreciation/2…

MEET THE BOND VIGILANTES by Will Dunn Next week Rachel Reeves will deliver her budget and, for all the talk of fiscal rules, headroom and tax rises, there is a higher power she must contend with. When the Chancellor goes for meetings in the City, she is rarely introduced to

My heart is with the kidnapped schoolgirls in Kebbi State and with their families who are living through unimaginable fear. Every girl deserves to learn in safety and dignity. Attacks on education are attacks on our collective future. I stand with all Nigerians demanding the

"When a goal like Parrott’s goes in, the rational world of actions and consequences feels a very long way away." newstatesman.com/culture/sport/…

The great Terry Eagleton last wrote for The The New Statesman more than twenty years ago, on Derrida (and began writing for us over half a century ago, with a piece on Alasdair Macintyre). I'm pleased to say he's back with us to review Iris Murdoch's poems: newstatesman.com/culture/books/…

I met very young and very excited communists at Revolution Festival for this week’s The New Statesman Sketch

Typically sharp, funny and well observed sketch writing from Emily Lawford

Across America, parents accused of child abuse can pull their children from school to educate them at home — a right that groups like the Home School Legal Defense Association lobby to protect. Some kids, including Raylee Browning, don’t survive. thecut.com/article/homesc…

Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world | Childbirth | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

EXC🚨: Jeremy Corbyn apologises to those who are disappointed with the launch of Your Party. In an interview with The New Statesman, Corbyn said: "I’m sorry if you are at all disappointed.. any misdemeanours on my part, of course, I apologise. But I want to make things work.”

still perfect

Wong, 71, reacts after claiming his wife is trapped inside Wang Fuk Court during a major fire, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China reut.rs/481blcu 📷 Tyrone Siu

You can read the background here (no paywall). theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…