Tanjil Rashid
@tanjilrashid.bsky.social
Culture Editor, The New Statesman
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Remember integration? That thing voters "really, really" care about? Where's that in the latest plans?
My column:
My column:
Labour has given up on integration
Shabana Mahmood's latest asylum plans prioritise return at the expense of integrating newcomers
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Remember integration? That thing voters "really, really" care about? Where's that in the latest plans?
My column:
My column:
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"There are authentic shivers of the 1970s, now buried deep in the British nervous system"
Really enjoyed this on Fawlty Towers by @nickpaulharris.bsky.social:
Really enjoyed this on Fawlty Towers by @nickpaulharris.bsky.social:
Britain’s Fawlty state of mind
Fifty years after it was first aired, Fawlty Towers now looks ahead of its time
www.newstatesman.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
"There are authentic shivers of the 1970s, now buried deep in the British nervous system"
Really enjoyed this on Fawlty Towers by @nickpaulharris.bsky.social:
Really enjoyed this on Fawlty Towers by @nickpaulharris.bsky.social:
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Exclusive: Racially and religiously aggravated crimes have risen *67%* on transport networks in England, Scotland and Wales since 2022
- I also found there was a *47%* rise between 2022 and 2024, and a *10%* rise from last year to the same period this year:
- I also found there was a *47%* rise between 2022 and 2024, and a *10%* rise from last year to the same period this year:
Exclusive: Racist attacks on public transport rise 67 per cent in three years
The British public are no longer ashamed of their bigotry
www.newstatesman.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Exclusive: Racially and religiously aggravated crimes have risen *67%* on transport networks in England, Scotland and Wales since 2022
- I also found there was a *47%* rise between 2022 and 2024, and a *10%* rise from last year to the same period this year:
- I also found there was a *47%* rise between 2022 and 2024, and a *10%* rise from last year to the same period this year:
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'With any art form, if ABC is expected from it, how can it surprise, challenge, develop cultures, reflect and revolutionise the way we see the world?'
Sarah Hall talks to @tanjilrashid.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social about her remarkable novel, Helm.
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Sarah Hall talks to @tanjilrashid.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social about her remarkable novel, Helm.
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Sarah Hall: "I wanted readers to experience dystopia"
The Goldsmith Prize-shortlisted author on making climate catastrophe feel real in fiction
www.newstatesman.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
'With any art form, if ABC is expected from it, how can it surprise, challenge, develop cultures, reflect and revolutionise the way we see the world?'
Sarah Hall talks to @tanjilrashid.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social about her remarkable novel, Helm.
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Sarah Hall talks to @tanjilrashid.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social about her remarkable novel, Helm.
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
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"It might be entertaining, but it won’t make you think, and it won’t make you feel"
My review of The Bacchae at the National Theatre - a production based on the premise the audience won’t notice how little sense it makes as long as the cast say fuck enough
www.newstatesman.com/culture/thea...
My review of The Bacchae at the National Theatre - a production based on the premise the audience won’t notice how little sense it makes as long as the cast say fuck enough
www.newstatesman.com/culture/thea...
The Bacchae is more cringe-inducing than clever
Indhu Rubasingham’s debut as artistic director of the National Theatre tries to bring girlboss feminism to Euripides
www.newstatesman.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"It might be entertaining, but it won’t make you think, and it won’t make you feel"
My review of The Bacchae at the National Theatre - a production based on the premise the audience won’t notice how little sense it makes as long as the cast say fuck enough
www.newstatesman.com/culture/thea...
My review of The Bacchae at the National Theatre - a production based on the premise the audience won’t notice how little sense it makes as long as the cast say fuck enough
www.newstatesman.com/culture/thea...
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Striking piece, essential read 👇
We are entering an age of deportation - my @newstatesman.com cover story on how mass expulsions will transform what it means to be British, via Kipling, Enoch Powell, Hanif Kureishi...and a heroic vigilante cycle repairist from Eritrea
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
September 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Striking piece, essential read 👇
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Robert Redford, who has died at 89, was the last simple beauty.
🍿 David Thomson
🍿 David Thomson
Robert Redford was the last simple beauty
Robert Redford, 1936-2025.
www.newstatesman.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Robert Redford, who has died at 89, was the last simple beauty.
🍿 David Thomson
🍿 David Thomson
Brilliant piece by my colleague @anooshc.bsky.social glimpsing fascinatingly into the worldview of what will be an increasingly influential current within parliaments of the future
“There is a risk of polarising every landlord as ‘evil’ - we must make sure we don’t fall into that trap.”
Lumped together as "Gaza Independents", the 4 independent MPs working with Corbyn & Sultana are more varied than that - as I found out from Shockat Adam:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Lumped together as "Gaza Independents", the 4 independent MPs working with Corbyn & Sultana are more varied than that - as I found out from Shockat Adam:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Shockat Adam on Britain’s new left: “We’re not anti-wealth”
The independent MP on building a new party with Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana.
www.newstatesman.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Brilliant piece by my colleague @anooshc.bsky.social glimpsing fascinatingly into the worldview of what will be an increasingly influential current within parliaments of the future
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“There is a risk of polarising every landlord as ‘evil’ - we must make sure we don’t fall into that trap.”
Lumped together as "Gaza Independents", the 4 independent MPs working with Corbyn & Sultana are more varied than that - as I found out from Shockat Adam:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Lumped together as "Gaza Independents", the 4 independent MPs working with Corbyn & Sultana are more varied than that - as I found out from Shockat Adam:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Shockat Adam on Britain’s new left: “We’re not anti-wealth”
The independent MP on building a new party with Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana.
www.newstatesman.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“There is a risk of polarising every landlord as ‘evil’ - we must make sure we don’t fall into that trap.”
Lumped together as "Gaza Independents", the 4 independent MPs working with Corbyn & Sultana are more varied than that - as I found out from Shockat Adam:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Lumped together as "Gaza Independents", the 4 independent MPs working with Corbyn & Sultana are more varied than that - as I found out from Shockat Adam:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
We are entering an age of deportation - my @newstatesman.com cover story on how mass expulsions will transform what it means to be British, via Kipling, Enoch Powell, Hanif Kureishi...and a heroic vigilante cycle repairist from Eritrea
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
September 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We are entering an age of deportation - my @newstatesman.com cover story on how mass expulsions will transform what it means to be British, via Kipling, Enoch Powell, Hanif Kureishi...and a heroic vigilante cycle repairist from Eritrea
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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"I, too, would not be possible, would not be English, without those old histories, which the right now seeks to bury beneath the footsteps of deported masses."
@tanjilrashid.bsky.social writes beautifully on the age of deportation in this week's @newstatesman.com cover story:
@tanjilrashid.bsky.social writes beautifully on the age of deportation in this week's @newstatesman.com cover story:
The age of deportation
The haven that Britain once was is being dismantled. In its place a fortress rises.
www.newstatesman.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"I, too, would not be possible, would not be English, without those old histories, which the right now seeks to bury beneath the footsteps of deported masses."
@tanjilrashid.bsky.social writes beautifully on the age of deportation in this week's @newstatesman.com cover story:
@tanjilrashid.bsky.social writes beautifully on the age of deportation in this week's @newstatesman.com cover story:
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Read @tanjilrashid.bsky.social's piece.
Dehumanisation happens so fast. This notion that all our very serious problems can be solved by pushing a good 2% (do I hear 10?) of our communities off our white cliffs is insanely stupid & vengeful.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Dehumanisation happens so fast. This notion that all our very serious problems can be solved by pushing a good 2% (do I hear 10?) of our communities off our white cliffs is insanely stupid & vengeful.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The age of deportation
The haven that Britain once was is being dismantled. In its place a fortress rises.
www.newstatesman.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Read @tanjilrashid.bsky.social's piece.
Dehumanisation happens so fast. This notion that all our very serious problems can be solved by pushing a good 2% (do I hear 10?) of our communities off our white cliffs is insanely stupid & vengeful.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Dehumanisation happens so fast. This notion that all our very serious problems can be solved by pushing a good 2% (do I hear 10?) of our communities off our white cliffs is insanely stupid & vengeful.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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'If you're experimenting with things, you're always writing against the culture'
Goldsmiths Prize 2017 winner Nicola Barker talks to @tanjilrashid.bsky.social about piecing the novel back together again after H(A)PPY, and much else . . .
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Goldsmiths Prize 2017 winner Nicola Barker talks to @tanjilrashid.bsky.social about piecing the novel back together again after H(A)PPY, and much else . . .
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Author Nicola Barker:
Podcast Episode · The New Statesman: politics and culture · 30/08/2025 · 38m
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September 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
'If you're experimenting with things, you're always writing against the culture'
Goldsmiths Prize 2017 winner Nicola Barker talks to @tanjilrashid.bsky.social about piecing the novel back together again after H(A)PPY, and much else . . .
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Goldsmiths Prize 2017 winner Nicola Barker talks to @tanjilrashid.bsky.social about piecing the novel back together again after H(A)PPY, and much else . . .
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
A year on from the summer riots, my latest @newstatesman.com column muses on the nature of political violence and how to keep it from consuming our streets, via Gandhi, MLK, Malcolm X and that most underrated of social theorists, director Spike Lee. newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
August 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A year on from the summer riots, my latest @newstatesman.com column muses on the nature of political violence and how to keep it from consuming our streets, via Gandhi, MLK, Malcolm X and that most underrated of social theorists, director Spike Lee. newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
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This is a great piece by @tanjilrashid.bsky.social, @newstatesman.com's new Culture Editor.
Let's hope he commissions himself as often as possible.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
Let's hope he commissions himself as often as possible.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
7/7 changed life for British Muslims forever
It was the 2005 bombings, not 9/11, that put them at the centre of terror discourse.
www.newstatesman.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is a great piece by @tanjilrashid.bsky.social, @newstatesman.com's new Culture Editor.
Let's hope he commissions himself as often as possible.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
Let's hope he commissions himself as often as possible.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
7/7 was twenty years ago today.
In my column for the @newstatesman.com, I reflect on how the London bombings reshaped British cultural life and brought 'the Muslim' to the centre of its discourse.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
In my column for the @newstatesman.com, I reflect on how the London bombings reshaped British cultural life and brought 'the Muslim' to the centre of its discourse.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
July 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
7/7 was twenty years ago today.
In my column for the @newstatesman.com, I reflect on how the London bombings reshaped British cultural life and brought 'the Muslim' to the centre of its discourse.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
In my column for the @newstatesman.com, I reflect on how the London bombings reshaped British cultural life and brought 'the Muslim' to the centre of its discourse.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
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This is a wonderful analysis by @tanjilrashid.bsky.social: "The Phoenician Scheme may at once be Anderson’s worst and most profound film, a beautifully textured engagement with the past, and an almost morally repugnant retreat from the present." Exactly!!! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
The Phoenician Scheme is fantasy. It is also a remarkable engagement with the real-life conflict in the Middle East
Sharp edges of bitter history keep jutting through Wes Anderson’s whimsical intrigues that turn international tragedy into light comedy
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is a wonderful analysis by @tanjilrashid.bsky.social: "The Phoenician Scheme may at once be Anderson’s worst and most profound film, a beautifully textured engagement with the past, and an almost morally repugnant retreat from the present." Exactly!!! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
Time to inform you that I've been appointed Culture Editor at The @newstatesman.com - a magazine that has been essential reading for over a century.
Looking forward to hearing from and getting to know the very best critics, essayists and commentators on books, ideas & the arts!
Looking forward to hearing from and getting to know the very best critics, essayists and commentators on books, ideas & the arts!
June 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Time to inform you that I've been appointed Culture Editor at The @newstatesman.com - a magazine that has been essential reading for over a century.
Looking forward to hearing from and getting to know the very best critics, essayists and commentators on books, ideas & the arts!
Looking forward to hearing from and getting to know the very best critics, essayists and commentators on books, ideas & the arts!
The Phoenician Scheme reimagines the war-ravaged near east as a sunlit Levantine fantasia of cypress trees, fez hats, camel-riders and kitsch hotels.
My @theguardian.com column on watching Wes Anderson's nostalgic colonial visions amid the devastation of Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
My @theguardian.com column on watching Wes Anderson's nostalgic colonial visions amid the devastation of Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
The Phoenician Scheme is fantasy. It is also a remarkable engagement with the real-life conflict in the Middle East
Sharp edges of bitter history keep jutting through Wes Anderson’s whimsical intrigues that turn international tragedy into light comedy
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Phoenician Scheme reimagines the war-ravaged near east as a sunlit Levantine fantasia of cypress trees, fez hats, camel-riders and kitsch hotels.
My @theguardian.com column on watching Wes Anderson's nostalgic colonial visions amid the devastation of Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
My @theguardian.com column on watching Wes Anderson's nostalgic colonial visions amid the devastation of Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
Has Christianity regained the underground appeal of its earliest days?
My essay in the @financialtimes.com at the weekend explored the revival of a highly personalised spirituality, notably among Gen-Z, and what some recent writing may reveal about the phenomenon.
www.ft.com/content/9446...
My essay in the @financialtimes.com at the weekend explored the revival of a highly personalised spirituality, notably among Gen-Z, and what some recent writing may reveal about the phenomenon.
www.ft.com/content/9446...
June 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Has Christianity regained the underground appeal of its earliest days?
My essay in the @financialtimes.com at the weekend explored the revival of a highly personalised spirituality, notably among Gen-Z, and what some recent writing may reveal about the phenomenon.
www.ft.com/content/9446...
My essay in the @financialtimes.com at the weekend explored the revival of a highly personalised spirituality, notably among Gen-Z, and what some recent writing may reveal about the phenomenon.
www.ft.com/content/9446...
EP Thompson argued, "Class is a cultural as much as an economic formation." Worryingly, Britan's white working class are now recognising race *as* their culture.
My @newstatesman.com essay responding to @joelbudd.bsky.social's new book on the white working class
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
My @newstatesman.com essay responding to @joelbudd.bsky.social's new book on the white working class
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Who are the white working class?
A deeply reported survey of a much-mythologised slice of Britain reveals a heterogeneous, complex demographic.
www.newstatesman.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
EP Thompson argued, "Class is a cultural as much as an economic formation." Worryingly, Britan's white working class are now recognising race *as* their culture.
My @newstatesman.com essay responding to @joelbudd.bsky.social's new book on the white working class
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
My @newstatesman.com essay responding to @joelbudd.bsky.social's new book on the white working class
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
3 EU citizens with the right to live in Germany are being deported for their role in Gaza protests. They weren't convicted of any crime or even given the chance to be heard in court. The politicians insisted, against opposition from officials; that was that. No German paper has yet even reported it.
April 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
3 EU citizens with the right to live in Germany are being deported for their role in Gaza protests. They weren't convicted of any crime or even given the chance to be heard in court. The politicians insisted, against opposition from officials; that was that. No German paper has yet even reported it.
For The @newstatesman.com, I wrote about the greatest modern Italian novel (newly adapted by Netflix): The Leopard, but the essay is also about living in a time of change, where novels come from, and how to be the last of one's kind www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
The Leopard and the ruins of history
Newly adapted by Netflix, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel is a lesson in the anarchic motions of our times.
www.newstatesman.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
For The @newstatesman.com, I wrote about the greatest modern Italian novel (newly adapted by Netflix): The Leopard, but the essay is also about living in a time of change, where novels come from, and how to be the last of one's kind www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Roland Barthes magical on the way chopsticks "never violate the foodstuff", unlike the "predatory" knife and fork. This is from his book of reflections mostly on Japan, Empire of Signs.
March 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Roland Barthes magical on the way chopsticks "never violate the foodstuff", unlike the "predatory" knife and fork. This is from his book of reflections mostly on Japan, Empire of Signs.
I've been covering the Berlin film festival, which happened alongside a federal election. Here were Germany's two parallel universes, one open and cosmopolitan, the other seeking to close itself off. My
@newstatesman.com diary dispatched from Berlin: www.newstatesman.com/culture/film...
@newstatesman.com diary dispatched from Berlin: www.newstatesman.com/culture/film...
Fear, lust and paranoia at the Berlin Film Festival
Gaza, free speech and the ascendant far right were unavoidable themes at the 75th Berlinale.
www.newstatesman.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I've been covering the Berlin film festival, which happened alongside a federal election. Here were Germany's two parallel universes, one open and cosmopolitan, the other seeking to close itself off. My
@newstatesman.com diary dispatched from Berlin: www.newstatesman.com/culture/film...
@newstatesman.com diary dispatched from Berlin: www.newstatesman.com/culture/film...