The New Statesman

The New Statesman magazine is an important part of the heritage of the British left so I am not surprised Fausto Majjistral dislikes it (nice post, Sharon!). The New Statesman is not as exciting and daring as it once was but still a good read. I was introduced to it by my former tutor at Oxford, Stephen Howe, who wrote book reviews for the NS over many years. It was part of my diet throughout the nineties but I cancelled my subscription when Miller started to distribute it in Malta. It was taken off the shelves of Maltese bookstores last year due to lack of interest but I have not yet bothered to renew my subscription. It seems that Maltese readers still prefer to buy the conservative Spectator.

Maltese history afficionados might be interested to note that Dom Mintoff used to write regularly for the New Statesman (with a pseudonym) during the forties and fifties.