Bidenism comes to Britain
Rachel Reeves, Labour’s chancellor-in-waiting and chief ideologue, aims to establish a new economic consensus with an active state at…
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Easter Special 2024
Letter of the week: In search of empathy
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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How low will Sunak go to keep power?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The revenge of Sue Gray
From Stormont to partygate, the former civil servant specialised in problematic situations. Now she’s Keir Starmer’s chief of staff.
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The cathedrals courting controversy
Also this week: the meaning of Easter, exploring forgiveness, and doing battle with moss.
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Ed Davey: “The Lib Dems and Labour aren’t fighting each other”
The Lib Dem leader on his affinity with Keir Starmer, the rise of Reform UK and what John Rawls…
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Here in Israel people feel deeply unsafe and the two-state solution looks doomed
At the site of Hamas’s 7 October attack, one struggles to comprehend the horrific consequences of the war and…
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Dune: Part Two depicts a world of ceaseless struggle – like our own
Resource scarcity, neo-feudalism, perpetual conflict: Denis Villeneuve’s film is not a fantasy but an epiphany of the present.
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Trump is not the problem
For American democracy to survive, we need to address the cultural breakdown that’s allowing authoritarians to flourish.
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Germany is on the brink of economic decline
Digital investment is being cut and industry is stuck in the past, in a country where the fax machine…
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Ireland’s progressive centre cannot hold
As Leo Varadkar steps down as Taoiseach, voters are turning away from the Republic’s mainstream liberal consensus.
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Inside Britain’s asylum backlog
Rishi Sunak claims he has cleared the “legacy” waiting list of claims and is emptying hotels. Thousands are still…
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Welcome to the Willy Wonka experience that is British politics
Realpolitik is giving way to Feelpolitik – where doing stuff is replaced by just saying the stuff you would…
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Among Conservatives, the mood has never been so grim
Sunak’s team can’t get themselves heard, and most of what they say vanishes forever.
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Putin’s fractured world
The Russian president is using the wars in Ukraine and Gaza to divide the West and the Global South.
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Spring reflection: Heeding the dawn chorus
Every year the first blackbird feels more poignant, its notes pregnant with nostalgia.
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Inside the collapse of the Tavistock Centre
Why the world’s largest gender clinic for children is closing.
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The death of a church
The closure of a Methodist chapel on Tyneside tells a story of England’s dwindling congregations – and highlights the…
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The farmers’ revolt against green politics
Across Europe and North America, neglected urban and rural citizens are aligning in a new class struggle.
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Your own personal Jesus
In the beginning there were many different sons of God – Western Christianity triumphed not by destiny but accident.
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The NS Poem: Birthday
A new poem by Simon Armitage.
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Westminster’s downward spiral
Boris Johnson and his court brought an already corrupt system to new lows. Can ethics be restored to politics?
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Delusions of immortality
In Why We Die, Venki Ramakrishnan demolishes the crackpots and billionaires behind the anti-ageing industry.
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A boyhood built on fear
The cruelties of Maidwell Hall boarding school, described by Charles Spencer in his memoir, have blighted my adult life.
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Stephen King’s Carrie and the horror of girlhood
The triumph of the writer’s debut novel, published 50 years ago, is its understanding of a teenage girl’s destructive…
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The best children’s books for spring 2024
Find cinematic joy and heroes seeking comradeship in new books for young readers.
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Bach’s bridge to the past
The St John Passion, first performed 300 years ago, is not just a religious epic but also a profoundly…
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The last crimes of Caravaggio
Within weeks of finishing his final painting, a murder scene, the artist was himself dead.
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In Immaculate, Sydney Sweeney is Gen Z’s scream queen
At 26, the rising star has her own production company – and this body horror set in a nunnery…
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The luxe vapidity of Palm Royale
Allison Janney is at her best in this glitzy series about feminism and Sixties Florida. But it should be…
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When meditation goes wrong
A new podcast uncovers a wellness retreat linked to mental breakdowns and suicides.
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Easter is not the right time to eat lamb
Meat from older animals is more obviously in season. Where did this hasty culinary tradition come from?
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I can’t find a diagnosis for Ted – but he can diagnose modern medicine
“Everything’s decided on thousands of people,” he told me. “That can’t possibly tell you what to do for any…
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Toast or a shower? My great energy dilemma
The general consensus among my friends is that I should tell EDF to stick their bill where the sun…
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At 32, I am only just getting over the concept of time difference
M— is away for a month. Two weeks today, by the time you read this.
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Football is driven by money – but also improved by it
Thanks to Premier League billions, the likes of Bournemouth and Brighton attract good players, and, on occasion, can stuff…
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This England: Beauty school
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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Subscriber of the week: Emily Pringle
Please email zuzanna.lachendro@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be featured.
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Jackie Kay Q&A: “Audre Lorde told me: ‘You can be black and Scottish’”
The poet and novelist on Bessie Smith, Coronation Street and being a night owl.
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