Blogs
Welcome to our blog pages – an eclectic mix of comedy, politics, religion, culture and current affairs. Prepare to be challenged and entertained and don’t forget to comment!
Our Blog Index
A Different Way Of Thinking
How society approaches disability from the perspective of someone with autism.
Ben's Blog
New Statesman website editor Ben Davies's weekly ramblings plus feedback on hot online topics
Elections 2008
Newstatesman.com's unrivalled analysis of the key local and London mayoral elections 2008
Life at Findhorn
A weekly insight into life inside one of Britain's best known eco-villages – Findhorn – by resident Jonathan Dawson.
Science decoded
Paul Rodgers cuts through the technical jargon to explain what's really going on in science
The Faith Column
Every week a different believer gives the inside track on their religion or philosophy.
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Crip's Column
Victoria Brignell charts and challenges the difficulties and stereotypes she and other disabled people face on a daily basis.
Recent blog posts
- By Heather McRobie
- 04 July 2008
A version of Bill Thompson's speech to the New Media Awards when he was asked to step into the shoes of a minister - albeit briefly...
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- By Bill Thompson
- 04 July 2008
Paul Evans suggests buying a friend some lager would be a better use of your wonga than coughing up for an Ali Campbell porn story. An average week in politics...
- By Paul Evans
- 04 July 2008
Something for the weekend: gwap.com
Compelling yet one can't quite escape the nagging feeling of contributing to a sentient super-computer that will someday enslave us
- By Iain Simons
- 04 July 2008
The victors in this year's New Statesman New Media Awards are unveiled...
- By Ben Davies
- 03 July 2008
The parochialism of the UK media plumbed new depths with coverage of the release of the kidnapped Colombian politician
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- By Martin Bright
- 03 July 2008
With soaring street violence and constant classroom testing, Martin Bright and Suzanne Moore ask the children's secretary, if the next generation is getting a fair deal
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- By Martin Bright and Suzanne Moore
- 03 July 2008
Parents of children who are now at private school are already talking of moving them to the local state sixth form
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- By Martin Bright
- 03 July 2008
Doug Harris, member of the Reachout Trust, explains the challenges associated with convincing youth to leave cult groups in favour of Christianity
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- By Doug Harris
- 03 July 2008
The social impact of cult groups
Allen Tate Wood argues that destructive cult groups are exerting unjust control over their members - and using loopholes in contemporary law to do it.
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- By Allen Tate Wood
- 02 July 2008
