This Christmas issue is my last as editor of the New Statesman: I am standing down after 16 years at the end of 2024. It has ...
A crucial part of the war effort, the Home Guard, was launched partly due to the influence of Tom Wintringham, a ...
Orwell famously served in the Spanish Civil War and noted how while in Spain he continuously read news stories about things ...
Even before he was taken prisoner by Russian forces last weekend, former British Army soldier James Anderson had had people ...
The lecture will discuss ‘totalitarian ideas’ which Orwell ‘tried to draw … out to their logical consequences’. It will follow them through to the current situation, when after a short-lived attempt ...
A painting by British artist George Stubbs is expected to sell for ... The 18th century artwork of a Spanish pointer dog was last on the market in 1972 when it sold for £30,000 ($37,700 ...
A ceasefire has taken effect between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah JERUSALEM -- A ceasefire has taken effect between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah after nearly 14 months of cross-border ...
George Stubbs’ renowned painting The Spanish Pointer is set to be auctioned for the first time in over 50 years. As per The Guardian, this 18th-century painting is set to be auctioned at Sotheby’s ...
A relative latecomer to writing, Sansal turned to novels in 1999 and has tackled subjects including the horrific 1990s civil war between authorities and Islamists ... The End of the World", a ...
Algerian authorities have remanded in custody on national security charges prominent French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal ...