Podcast Episode · The New Society | culture from the New Statesman · 11 September · 32min

Andy Burnham’s English degree has shaped his worldview

Everything is broken. Nothing changes. Voters are mad as hell

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Jews in north London feel betrayed by a Britain that was once a sanctuary

Those willing Iran’s collapse miss the contemporary genius of its founding ideology

Hannah Spencer's election has sparked a new fury of class-spotting

Reform's church policy risks the house of God going the same way as the House of Fraser

Podcast Episode · The New Society | culture from the New Statesman · 31/01/2026 · 26m

She cannot decide whether to rebuild or remake the Conservative Party

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The poem, which was published 100 years ago, has beguiled a remarkable array of minds

The author’s late style in The Eleventh Hour, his latest collection of fiction, reveals a venerable writer displaced by time

Shabana Mahmood's latest asylum plans prioritise return at the expense of integrating newcomers

Fifty years after it was first aired, Fawlty Towers now looks ahead of its time

The British public are no longer ashamed of their bigotry

The Goldsmith Prize-shortlisted author on making climate catastrophe feel real in fiction

Indhu Rubasingham’s debut as artistic director of the National Theatre tries to bring girlboss feminism to Euripides

Robert Redford, 1936-2025.

The independent MP on building a new party with Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana.

The haven that Britain once was is being dismantled. In its place a fortress rises.

The haven that Britain once was is being dismantled. In its place a fortress rises.

Podcast Episode · The New Statesman: politics and culture · 30/08/2025 · 38m

It was the 2005 bombings, not 9/11, that put them at the centre of terror discourse.

Sharp edges of bitter history keep jutting through Wes Anderson’s whimsical intrigues that turn international tragedy into light comedy

Sharp edges of bitter history keep jutting through Wes Anderson’s whimsical intrigues that turn international tragedy into light comedy

A deeply reported survey of a much-mythologised slice of Britain reveals a heterogeneous, complex demographic.

Newly adapted by Netflix, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel is a lesson in the anarchic motions of our times.

Gaza, free speech and the ascendant far right were unavoidable themes at the 75th Berlinale.

The vicious battle of ideas behind the continent's World Wars has migrated East.

The vicious battle of ideas behind the continent's World Wars has migrated East.