In the novelist’s bestselling whodunnits, her own North London set are just as awful as the callous mega-rich.

Over the next four days – winter fuel allowance and Sue Gray’s pay permitting – it may be tempting for Labour and their ...

All of which brings us to Oxford Street, one of the world’s busiest and least enjoyable shopping streets, a narrow canyon ...

As Nigel Farage closed his speech this afternoon, they were released. Smirking like a little boy with a secret, Farage gently ...

Scenes like those out of a horror film unfolded in Lebanon this week. Randa Najdi, a 35-year-old Arabic teacher, was meandering through a crowded market in southern Beirut on 17 September when an ...

Giveaways and Sue Gray’s pay, do they matter? Right now the party needs to tell a story about the bigger picture. Labour Party Conference is just around the corner and the party needs to tell a story ...

The left needs a national vision which extends beyond 21st-century twee.

Nigel Farage has said he will hand control of his party to its members. History suggests this could be a temporary ...

A new report into England's maternity services has found a system unfit for purpose. Poor care and preventable harm are at ...

In Intermezzo, the Irish writer swaps polished wit and graphic sex for something deeper, messier and more mature.

We also hear from Wes Streeting and the political battle for NHS reform. Conference season is underway and Ed Davey sat down with the New Statesman’s Rachel Cunliffe to set out his party’s ambitions ...

Security starts with a country's borders - Labour can learn from Italy.