Obituary - Tom Baistow
Tom Baistow, who has died aged 85, was deputy editor and anchorman of the New Statesman for much of the 1960s and 1970s. He was Glaswegian by birth, and a proud Scot who spoke Gaelic (as well as four...
View Article1968 - The new spectre haunting Europe
A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of student power. As in 1848, each outbreak in each European capital contains the seeds of another elsewhere, as students gain courage from the success and...
View ArticleBack to Anarchy
<strong>Taken from the New Statesman archive, 18 June 1921</strong>This article, which gives suchWhen Eden served his brutal and illegal ultimatum on President Nasser, a shocked and...
View ArticleSex, snobbery and sadism
<strong>The <em>New Statesman</em> 5 April 1958</strong>Ian Fleming invented his hero James BondI have just finished what is without a doubt the nastiest book I have ever read....
View ArticleAmerica's Suez?
<strong>Taken from the <em>New Statesman</em>, 9 February 1968</strong>Forty years ago this month, the Vietcong’s Tet Offensive shattered American optimism about the Vietnam...
View ArticleThe French revolution
In May '68, Paul Johnson, the then editor of the New Statesman, extolled Parisian student power in aA spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of student power. As in 1848, each outbreak in each...
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Diary: Paul Johnson
Of all the popes I have knownA major academic event this spring will be Jerry Fodor’s lecture “What Darwin Got Wrong”, at 5pm on 12 May at University College London. Fodor, a professor at Rutgers, is...
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From the Archive: Paul Johnson on the Know-Nothing Left
Master and the masses: Tony Benn (foreground, second right) leads a march in London, May Day 1975. Image: GettyThe historian and journalist Paul Johnson made his name writing for and then editing...
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From the archive: The Menace of Beatlism
In February 1964, then future NS editor Paul Johnson wrote an article attacking the Beatles and all they stood for. It became the most complained-about piece in the Statesman’s history.Get down with...
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