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Hydraulic drilling for fuels is both opening up and changing the landscape

New Statesman

Countering the capital orthodoxy

By Ed Cox - 03 August 9:56

Why Janan Ganesh is wrong about the north and economic agglomeration.
An open letter to the new Lib Dem peers

By Richard Morris - 02 August 15:20

Well done! Now abolish yourselves.
Thirty new peers to enter House of Lords

By Alex Hern - 01 August 12:20

A former New Statesman blogger, the first Green peer, and a fridge magnate are amongst those...
Summer lethargy is not a good look for Labour right now

By Rafael Behr - 31 July 23:06

Silly season can be a time of opportunity for dynamic politicians. Where is the opposition's...
Why isn't the Government’s School Direct scheme attracting enough schools?

By Steven Baxter - 01 August 12:09

In principle, it's a good idea, but the Government’s School Direct scheme isn’t attracting...
Better Together’s dismal campaign will weaken the UK in the long-run

By James Maxwell - 01 August 11:43

Unionists might be ahead in the polls, but they are losing the argument.
What is it about those vans?

By Rafael Behr - 30 July 12:55

Surely Cameron's modernising senses detect the toxic smell given off when a Tory Home Secretary...
What today's introduction of Employment Tribunal Fees really means

By Matt Foster - 29 July 9:38

As of this morning, Employment Tribunals - set up to provide a proper, impartial forum for the...
Nine lessons for Miliband

By Rafael Behr - 03 August 9:25

What is the question to which “vote Labour” is the answer?
The two faces of the press on regulation of private investigators

By Martin Moore - 02 August 15:53

The press defended PIs from regulation, then turned around and asked why they hadn't been...

Need to Know

The Writing on the Wall: How Facebook is destroying our capacity for political debate
Politics | By Jacob Mertens
It's eroding our willingness to think for ourselves.
New Statesman bloggers nominated for Games Media Awards
Culture | By New Statesman
Helen Lewis and Phil Hartup shortlisted.
Marketing is a dirty word in football
Lifestyle | By Martin Cloake
But it's just another way of giving fans what they want.
Daniel Pelka’s murder shames Britain
Blogs | By Jason Cowley
Guilt lies with those who could have prevented it.
NHS funding: Let's stop pretending we can see the emperor's new clothes
Lifestyle | By Michael Crawford
To pretend that extra resources are not urgently needed in the NHS is foolish.

Media

Leader: An exemplary New Stateswoman

By New Statesman - 03 August

Remembering Kirsty Milne.
Caitlin Moran on Twitter's reaction to abuse

By Alex Hern - 02 August

Is "can't do it" an acceptable response?
July 2013: most read on newstatesman.com

By Caroline Crampton - 01 August

What you've been reading in the last month.
Forget the Sun, this is OUR Britain

By Alex Hern - 31 July

What if other papers followed up on the Sun's front page?
Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism?

By Willard Foxton - 29 July

Aggregators are parasites.
After the Jane Austen announcement I suffered rape threats for 48 hours, but I'm still confident the trolls won't win

By Caroline Criado-Perez - 27 July

48 hours of abuse has made me confident the trolls won't win.

Business

Five questions answered on a new survey about the UK’s finances

By Heidi Vella - 02 August

On a new survey about the UK’s finances.
The EU's cat-herder-in-chief fails to move the markets where he wants

By Nick Beecroft - 02 August

Mario Draghi strained to have an effect, but to no avail.
Carl Icahn files lawsuit against Dell

By - 02 August
Manhattan federal court charges Fabrice Tourre with $1bn fraud

By - 02 August
AIG net income rises 18 per cent in second-quarter

By - 02 August
You are weird, and 17 other things we learned from Ofcom's Communications Market Report

By Alex Hern - 01 August

and 17 other things we learned from Ofcom.

Books

Reviews Round-up

By Critic - 30 July
Left Without a Future? by Anthony Painter: astute proposals, overly "pragmatic"

By Joe Collin - 29 July

Anthony Painter's 'Left Without a Future?'
The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida: Autism from the inside

By Caroline Crampton - 28 July

The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida.
The Divine Comedy translated by Clive James: Writing as reparation

By Fiona Sampson - 25 July

Labour of love.
Walls by Marcello Di Cintio: Constructions of brick and steel which divide people are not only enduring, but thriving

By Owen Hatherley - 25 July
The Trip to Echo Spring by Olivia Laing: On the need of hyperarticulate people to get raving drunk

By Talitha Stevenson - 25 July

The Trip to Echo Spring by Olivia Laing.

Interviews

Katie Roiphe interview: "There is a lot of unexamined feminist outrage against other women"

By Helen Lewis - 25 July

Helen Lewis talks to Katie Roiphe.
Mamphela Ramphele: ‘‘Mandela said: never accept anyone telling you one sole organisation is the author of this freedom’’

By Nana Yaa Mensah - 24 July

On Nelson Mandela.
Haifa al-Mansour: "In Saudi Arabia, any woman voicing her opinion will be seen as controversial"

By Steve Yates - 17 July

A film about embracing hope.
Stuart Wheeler, Ukip's paymaster, on Tories he fancies poaching, Boris and the danger of Farage overdose

By Rafael Behr - 12 July
Eric Joyce on Unite in Falkirk, life in the Westminster wilderness and "the whacking"

By Caroline Crampton - 11 July

Caroline Crampton interviews Eric Joyce MP.
Jacob Hacker: Ed Miliband’s wonkish pin-up

By George Eaton - 11 July

Meet Mr Predistribution.

Film

Frances Ha: Fun but never frothy, light but not lightweight

By Ryan Gilbey - 25 July

Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha.
End credits for Philip French

By Douglas McCabe - 25 July

Observer film critic retires.
Breathe In: The danger of looking at Felicity Jones’s face

By Philip Maughan - 23 July

Review: Breathe In.
Roman Holiday: Meeting Audrey Hepburn for the very first time

By Ryan Gilbey - 22 July

William Wyler's Roman Holiday.
The World's End: A comedy of ideas as well as gags

By Ryan Gilbey - 18 July

Lads' night out.
Haifa al-Mansour: "In Saudi Arabia, any woman voicing her opinion will be seen as controversial"

By Steve Yates - 17 July

A film about embracing hope.

Sci-tech

The Writing on the Wall: How Facebook is destroying our capacity for political debate

By Jacob Mertens - 03 August

It's eroding our willingness to think for ourselves.
Why does it always come back to rape?

By Rhiannon and Holly - 31 July

Threats won't have the desired silencing effect any more.
First they came for the porn stars: the problem with an online filter

By Martin Robbins - 30 July

The negative consequences of a filter are demonstrable.
"Babies are brilliant!": what's behind the increasing trend of social media baby bragging?

By Lulu Le Vay - 30 July

"Babies are brilliant!"
The EVE battle logs: Going To War With Goonwaffe

By Phil Hartup - 29 July

The EVE battle logs.
Amazon reports quarterly loss, so of course share price is up

By Alex Hern - 26 July

Welcome to the wacky world of Amazon.

Economics

Countering the capital orthodoxy

By Ed Cox - 03 August

Why Janan Ganesh is wrong about economic agglomeration.
The EU's cat-herder-in-chief fails to move the markets where he wants

By Nick Beecroft - 02 August

Mario Draghi strained to have an effect, but to no avail.
Queuing online might be the only way to save free services

By Alex Hern - 31 July

Mailbox may have a queue, but at least it still exists.
The $100bn cost of making tourists get visas

By Alex Hern - 31 July

"Tough on migration" can't help but meaning "tough on tourism".
Homeownership isn't a good aim of policy

By Alex Hern - 30 July

A nation of homeowners isn't better than a nation of renters – and it may even be
There's a new horizon in history: "panic time"

By Colin Hay and Tony Payne - 29 July

A new way of looking at history.

TV and Radio

Martin Amis: Why I had to quit the New Statesman

By Bithia Large - 31 July

Meeting Myself Coming Back.
In search of cricket on the BBC: shall I rend my garments now, or later?

By Rachel Cooke - 19 July

Shall I rend my garments now, or later?
In this week's New Statesman podcast

By Caroline Crampton - 19 July

Alien life, Conservative campaigning and hating on music festivals.
This is what should be on a TV Studies degree curriculum

By Bim Adewunmi - 18 July

The bedrock of today's shows.
Tanning Tales and Arthur in the Underworld on BBC Radio 4

By Antonia Quirke - 18 July
Am I a Luther convert? Yes. The plot might not stand up, but it's a cut above most cop series

By Rachel Cooke - 11 July

Plot aside, it's a cut above most cop series.

World affairs

Transition: Contested landscapes in South Africa

By New Statesman - 02 August

A photo essay.
South Africa’s military meltdown

By Martin Plaut - 29 July

Can it still carry out its responsibilities?
Why Anthony Weiner is America's Boris Johnson

By Nicky Woolf - 25 July

Why Anthony Weiner is the man New Yorkers just can't let go of.
Mamphela Ramphele: ‘‘Mandela said: never accept anyone telling you one sole organisation is the author of this freedom’’

By Nana Yaa Mensah - 24 July

On Nelson Mandela.
Watch: the Daily Show's John Oliver on the royal baby

By New Statesman - 24 July

"On Her Majesty's Secret Cervix."
Ancient ideas of land and faith must underpin a new Middle East peace initiative

By James Rodgers - 23 July

Energy and ambition alone are not enough.

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