Jason Cowley
Jason Cowley is a journalist and author. He was widely credited with transforming the fortunes of the New Statesman during his period as editor between 2008 and 2024. He is also a former editor of Granta and has worked in senior roles on The Times and Observer.
Jason was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Journalism in 2019. In 2020, he was voted Editor of the Year (Politics and Current Affairs) for the fourth time at the British Society of Magazine Editors awards. He is the author of a memoir, The Last Game, about Arsenal’s last-gasp victory in the 1988–89 football season, and in 2018 published a collection of his journalism entitled Reaching for Utopia.
Jason’s latest book is an exploration of contemporary English identity. Who Are We Now? Stories of Modern England was published in spring 2022 by Picador, to immediate acclaim.
