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Action Hero

Bibi van der Zee’s fortnightly guide to activism

Commons Confidential

Political journalist Kevin Maguire’s look at life in the village of Westminster

Crip's Column

View from my wheelchair - Victoria Brignell on life as a disabled person.

Dissident Voice

Mehdi Hasan’s polemical take on politics, economics and foreign affairs

Down & Out in London

Nicholas Lezard's humorous account of urban life

Election Watch

George Eaton's guide to the key players and issues in the run-up to the general election

Film

Ryan Gilbey gives his verdict on the key new movie releases

First Thoughts

Peter Wilby's witty and sardonic take on the week's events

Global Warning

Green activist Mark Lynas explores the myths and truth of climate change

Madness of Crowds

Will Self’s wry look at strange social phenomena and group behaviour

New Statesman Leader

The New Statesman's view on the defining issue of the week

Performance

New Statesman critics review the latest theatre, live music and dance performances

Preparing for Oblivion

Fran Reddington's dispatches from deep in New Labour's bunker.

Preparing for Power

Gideon Donald keeps a watchful eye on Cameron's Conservatives

Radio

Antonia Quirke’s stylish take on the week in radio

Real Meals

Will Self turns his back on haute cuisine and surveys the establishments where we actually eat.

Television

Rachel Cooke's unmissable round-up of what’s happening on TV

The Art of Listening

Daniel Trilling takes a journey into sound

The Economics Column

World-renowned economist David Blanchflower’s authoritative take on the latest economic developments

The Fan

Legendary journalist Hunter Davies covers the world of football

The Politics Column

James Macintyre’s incisive guide to politics inside and outside of Westminster

Theatre

Andrew Billen follows the good and the bad in British theatre

What I'm Worrying About This Week

Mark Watson and Sophie Elmhirst tackle ethical dilemmas

What If

Dominic Sandbrook’s weekly exploration of counter-factual history

World Citizen

The legendary John Pilger offers a radical and internationalist view of politics

This week's columns
Mark Watson

I’m in the sky! I’m in the sky!

Antonia Quirke

Vaughn to be mild

A celebration of Kennedy transports Antonia Quirke to a Hollywood pool party.

Ryan Gilbey

The Time That Remains (15)

Ryan Gilbey on a quirky personal history of life in the occupied territories.

Smile for the new species

Leader: Labour must once more become the party of liberalism

There are dissident, decentralising strands in Labour thinking, and it is time these were rediscovered.

Kevin Maguire

Commons Confidential

The funny side of the street.

Peter Wilby

Why Diane has raised the stakes

Mehdi Hasan

Don’t mention the P-word

The Tory-Lib Dem alliance claims to be the new progressives but on a raft of measures they are proving to be anything but.

Gideon Donald

Oik Osborne says dem the Laws

David Blanchflower

Osborne’s cuts will nip growth in the bud

At this critical point, the government needs to spend to make the banks lend.

Rachel Cooke

Money

An adaptation of Amis couldn’t get much worse.

The Returning Officer

Book club

An unprogressive coalition

Don’t mention the P-word

In defence of Fergie

We should feel for feckless Fergie

Osborne's scary cuts

Osborne’s cuts will nip growth in the bud

Runners and riders

Labour leadership: runners and riders

Or Zac Goldsmith?

Commons gossip: the perils of being an MP

Money

Money

No time for populism

The idiocy of Labour’s immigration populism

Europe battle

David Miliband lashes coalition over position on Europe
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