New Statesman

The New Statesman is Britain's leading and most authoritative weekly political, cultural and current affairs magazine. Irreverent, beautifully written and witty, the New Statesman is the essential read for bright thinkers everywhere. The magazine’s award-winning team of editors and contributors seek to engage readers with great writing, arresting photography, intelligent analysis, bold campaigns and trenchant argument. For a century, our mission has been to provide readers with a rigorous examination of political culture as well as to amuse and entertain.

In our bumper summer special, featuring a cover by the cult satirical artist Cold War Steve: • Armando Iannucci and Philip Collins on the Tory leadership race • Ian Hislop′s diary • Kate Mossman meets Lisa Nandy • Emma John reports on the racism scandals engulfing English cricket • Jeremy Cliffe analyses the relationship between Russia and Germany. • Philip Larkin centenary: writers including Julian Barnes, Margaret Drabble, Andrew Motion and Daljit Nagra consider the poet′s work and legacy. • John Gray reflects on Friedrich Nietzsche’s final years • Anna Leszkiewicz celebrates the wit of the screenwriter Nora Ephron • Michael Prodger on the deep history of the Lindisfarne Gospels