Its leadership has been conflicted on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, in both cases knowing which side they most support, yet seeking to impose restrictions on their military operations to ...

In the 1920s, the writer and psychoanalyst Marion Milner began a diary – and found a way to retrain her mind for the better.

Carter’s Christian introspection has been twisted into the imperial self-regard now worn by Trump.

Kemi Badenoch must correct course. And while much has been made of the influence of Roger Scruton over her thinking, it is to ...

Stephen Chalke’s book One Hell of a Life shows there have been few braver or more idiosyncratic players. By Matthew Engel ...

The year ahead: Can Kemi Badenoch rescue the Tories? Labour has left her an open goal – her future depends on taking it. By Rachel Cunliffe The big question for the Conservatives in 2025: do they ...

A rundown of the year, from Charli XCX and Jeremy Clarkson to the incumbency curse and floods in Valencia. By New Statesman On 29 November, after more than four hours of debate, MPs voted to pass the ...

The former president, who has died at age 100, knew that America should not confuse restraint with weakness. By Mark Damazer The jury had long come to its clear majority verdict on former US president ...

How did we get here? By Wolfgang Münchau Unless something unexpected intrudes, Vladimir Putin is on course to win the war in Ukraine. His troops are now within military spitting distance of the city ...

Donald Trump has promised he'll achieve peace in the region. We'd be foolish to believe him. By Katie Stallard On 30 September 2023, Joe Biden’s US national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke at a ...

Political sentimentalism was never enough to overturn patriarchal beauty standards.