The Best of The New Statesman

Whether sketching in bomb shelters or escaping the capital with unruly pets, Ukrainian illustrators and artists bear witness to the fear, heroism and solidarity of their countrymen – and issue an…

The musician on why Morrissey matters, his deepening faith and grieving for his sons.

Deep and lasting connection comes in many forms: we need a new vocabulary to talk about love.

He became the nation’s greatest architect – but studied astronomy and anatomy first. To Wren, building was a three-dimensional science.

Henry James showed how the New World is incapable of understanding the Old World.

Russia’s war in Ukraine poses a grave threat to Nato’s eastern states. As Britain doubles its military presence in Estonia, the dread of the Cold War is returning – and the West is braced for conflict…

In a world of insecurity, the masses are trying to assert dignity and choice through battles over identity politics.

Rage aimed at the eminent international relations scholar reflects liberal frustration over the West's limited power to prevent Russia's war in Ukraine.

Ukrainians are showing Vladimir Putin, and the world, what nationhood should mean

How a centuries-old institution can save today’s faltering social media culture.

Its outage this week was irksome for us – but a matter of life and death for Turks and Syrians.

For the first time since 1989, central and eastern states are spearheading the continent’s response to a major crisis.

The war in Ukraine has taken us into a new, dark period of history – and democracy seems ever more fragile.

Withdrawn and prejudiced, the poet is hard to warm to – but Robert Crawford’s new biography shows how Eliot’s second marriage transformed his life.

The OED’s task – to define every part of the world’s most spoken language – is as ambitious as it was 150 years ago.

Living in Italy in the 1880s, the ailing philosopher prophesied the West’s violent decline – but not even he could prevent it.

Thirty years ago, the philosopher Judith Butler, now 64, published a book that revolutionised popular attitudes on gender. Gender Trouble, the work she is perhaps best known for, introduced ideas of…