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New Society was a left-of-centre British weekly political magazine founded c.1960. Its focus was the social sciences, which were just becoming 'accepted' as a respectable academic area at that time. This also meant that a booming jobs market in the area soon produced a good advertisement income-flow.

It was modelled to a certain extent on the already-flourishing New Scientist magazine, which did for the sciences what New Society aimed to do for the social sciences. However, New Society was less succesful and had a shorter life-span.

New Society was acquired in 1988 by the New Statesman, which merged the editorial teams and for the following eight years was renamed New Statesman and Society, before reverting to its former name.

Notable members of staff or contributors included:

Bibliography

Paul Barker (1972) One for Sorrow, Two for Joy: Ten Years of "New Society", Allen and Unwin, ISBN 0-04-300041-X
Paul Barker (ed) (1977) Arts in Society (reprint: 2006, Five Leaves Publications, ISBN 1-905512-07-4) - contains essays by John Berger and Angela Carter, among others

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-'''''New Society''''' was a left-of-centre [[United Kingdom|British]] weekly [[political]] [[magazine]] that tended to focus on the [[social sciences]].  It was acquired in [[1988]] by the ''[[New Statesman]]'', which merged the editorial teams and for the following eight years was renamed '''''New Statesman and Society''''', before reverting to its former name.
+'''''New Society''''' was a left-of-centre [[United Kingdom|British]] weekly [[political]] [[magazine]] founded c.1960. Its focus was the [[social sciences]], which were just becoming 'accepted' as a respectable academic area at that time. This also meant that a booming jobs market in the area soon produced a good advertisement income-flow.
+It was modelled to a certain extent on the already-flourishing ''New Scientist'' magazine, which did for the sciences what ''New Society'' aimed to do for the social sciences. However, New Society was less succesful and had a shorter life-span.
+New Society was acquired in [[1988]] by the ''[[New Statesman]]'', which merged the editorial teams and for the following eight years was renamed '''''New Statesman and Society''''', before reverting to its former name.
 Notable members of staff or contributors included: