New Statesman

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The New Statesman (known from 1931 to 1964 as the New Statesman and Nation) is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members of the socialist Fabian Society, such as George Bernard Shaw, who was a founding director. The longest-serving editor was Kingsley Martin (1930–1960), and the current editor is Tom McTague, who assumed the post in 2025. It is owned by the data businessman Mike Danson, alongside other publications including Press Gazette and Spear's. In the 2020s, the magazine is a print–digital hybrid. According to its self-description, it has a modern liberal and progressive political position. Jason Cowley, the magazine's former editor, has described the New Statesman as a publication "of the left, for the left", but also as "a political and literary magazine" with "sceptical" politics. The magazine has recognised...

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