Jordan Peterson’s prophecies
The Canadian thinker’s self-made deity is a symptom of the modern Western malady.
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Kevin Roberts’s fire-breathing American right
In his book Dawn’s Early Light, the architect of Project 2025 preaches the necessity of burning Washington’s “elite” institutions to…
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Samantha Harvey: “Orbital isn’t the kind of book that normally wins the Booker”
The day after winning the prize, the British author discusses choosing to write a story set in space, climate change,…
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Books of the year 2024
New Statesman writers and guests choose their favourite reading of the year.
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David Peace: “There aren’t enough working class stories around”
The great chronicler of England's historic traumas on class, national identity and the importance of football novels.
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From Simon Jenkins to Tessa Hadley: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Patria: Lost Countries of South America by Laurence Blair and What Nails It by Greil Marcus.
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How to survive the age of anger
In Josh Cohen’s All the Rage, a psychoanalyst offers a path through the divisive world of online grievance and populist…
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The political afterlife of Paradise Lost
From white supremacists to black activists, readers have sought moral legitimacy in Milton’s epic poem.
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