"Ardern represents an era of political leadership – achingly brief in retrospect – when hope seemed to be up for the fight with despair; when there was a genuine will to tackle the big issues of our time" –– @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social on @jacindaardern.bsky.social

observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Many thanks Robin!

Thankou Phil!

Thanks Jasper!

Thanks so much Jonn

Some news: after 11 years at the New Statesman I will be joining the Observer as Literary Editor in June. Couldn’t be more excited to be part of a new era for a great newspaper with books and culture criticism in its DNA.

Huge thanks to the NS team — it has been a privilege.

The @newstatesman.com Spring Special is here!
🇷🇺 Kate Mossman meets @bbcstever.bsky.social
🗳️ Julian Barnes: my political life
💻 @ianleslie.bsky.social on Nvidia’s rise
🧑‍⚖️ @katiestallard.bsky.social on Duterte’s fall
⭐️ Gary Younge on Josephine Baker
🐝 @hjm.bsky.social
Cover @stephencollins.bsky.social

What rewatching Stand By Me taught me about adolescence
www.newstatesman.com/culture/life...

I spoke to Andrey Kurkov about the unreality of life in Ukraine for the @newstatesman.com culture podcast

www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/cul...

"Labour’s proposed changes to academies have been labelled an 'act of vandalism' that will 'destroy our schools'. This hyperbolic response has been repeated so often that it is in danger of reshaping reality." A corrective from former head Alasdair Macdonald

www.newstatesman.com/politics/edu...

In this week‘s @newstatesman.com ––
David Kynaston & Francis Green on private schools
@lilylynch.bsky.social on Donald Trump‘s Florida project
@willdunn.bsky.social on Bill Gates and Ren Zhengfei
@msrachelcooke.bsky.social on the riddle of Thatcher
@chrispower.bsky.social on the making of WG Sebald

I joined @tomgatti.bsky.social and Kate Mossman to chat about A Complete Unknown and protest songs on the New Statesman's Culture podcast
www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/cul...

I went for walk with @willdunn.bsky.social @newstatesman.com - we talked democracy, our housing crisis and why tackling dirty money and corruption is so important for our community. This is part of the answer to populists who cry corruption but have no answers. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

In this week’s @newstatesman.com –
Tina Brown on the abominable showman
M Sandel & T Piketty on the left after Trump
@sarahchurchwell.bsky.social on the Gatsby myths
@yairwallach.bsky.social on the Gaza ceasefire
@traceythorn.bsky.social – back to the 80s
Cover by @andrecarrilho.bsky.social

Robert D Kaplan on the fall of the great powers
Lyse Doucet on Syria after Assad
@willdunn.bsky.social on Elon Musk’s attention economy
@hannahsbee.bsky.social on the grooming scandal
@traceythorn.bsky.social: New Year Old You
+ @andrewmarr.bsky.social @sathnam.bsky.social @alisonjourno.bsky.social