Alan Rusbridger: “The young have no grounding in the classical view of free speech”
The former editor-in-chief of the Guardian discusses how the left turned inwards.
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In defence of meritocracy
First Thoughts: Some speech is freer than others, the danger of the desk, and sex resumes
I predict a summer of romance, as released singletons embrace the opportunity to mingle freely outside of their household.
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How the Indian variant threatens recovery
By refusing to adjust the roadmap is Boris Johnson repeating past mistakes?
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Commons Confidential: The walking dead
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Wesminster.
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The vegetarian in the abattoir
Henry Mance uncovers the inconvenient truths about our treatment of animals.
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The double life of DH Lawrence
The novelist was a megalomaniac fuelled by fantasies of manhood – but his imaginative genius speaks to us still.
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Reviewed in short: New books by Heather McGhee, Marc Morris, Véronique Tadjo and Francisco Garcia
The Sum of Us by McGhee, The Anglo-Saxons by Morris, In the Company of Men by Tadjo and If You Were…
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The aqueous scenes of Julia Beck
How the Swedish painter found her true home by the rivers around Paris.
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Who is Bob Dylan?
New Statesman contributors reflect on the many facets of his character and career.
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Armando Iannucci’s Why Time Flies is a delightful radio documentary
Does it move more slowly when we experience pain? Do we really see things “in slow motion” during a…
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BBC Four’s Delia Derbyshire doc is a triumphant portrait of a brilliant woman
How to bring to life such a woman, and how on earth to put her experiments in psychoacoustics on…
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Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow is a baking bromance
This perfectly distilled film is a pleasing oddity.
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Will Covid-19 mean another lost decade for Latin America?
From Mexico to Argentina, the pandemic has intensified inequality, social unrest and political instability.
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Michael Lewis on the arenas of American ambition
The financial journalist's usual subjects are power, competition and system failure. In his new book, the author of The…
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In defence of meritocracy
Why an idea dismissed as an excuse for elitism offers Labour’s only path to victory.
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In Blair-world, tech is the bright new progressive cause. But he ignores the real reasons for change
The former PM's rhetoric is selective and ideologically fixed, he is unable to confront the world as it really is.
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From athlete to influencer: how cash-strapped sport is turning into celebrity entertainment
The wildly lucrative boxing career of YouTuber Jake Paul proves the real world power of likes and views.
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Michael Henderson’s Diary: Rebranding cricket, resurrecting Ravel, and what Philip Larkin understood about England
When this plague is over I shall return to my sacred place: Derbyshire, our most handsome and underrated county.
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Keir Starmer’s tactful silence on the culture wars won’t lead Labour to victory
Why would an approach that failed for Jeremy Corbyn and Ed Miliband work for the current Labour leader?
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Boris Johnson’s liberal Planning Bill will divide Tories
To provide the homes the UK needs, the Prime Minister realises building must trump conservation – a reality many…
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A new and dangerous form of violence has broken out in Israel
The sectarian, communal violence between Arabs and Jews is the most troubling new development.
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Men tend to think they’re the authority on music – but I have learned to fight my corner
I’ve been banging the feminist drum for 40 years, but when I reflect on my early song lyrics I realise…
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Will Young Q&A: “My true essence is being a host on Antiques Roadshow“
The singer discusses Nelson Mandela, The Untethered Soul by Michael Alan Singer and his relationship with social media.
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Subscriber of the Week: Joakim Rasmussen
Email emily.bootle@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman’s subscriber of the week.
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This England: The butt of the joke
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s Richard II, refers to the whole of Britain…
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My best friend the Moose has died, and it’s as if all the oxygen has been sucked out of the room
I do not like this country, Bereavement. My drinks bill is through the roof and the language is an ugly…
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Why it’s impossible to talk about whisky without talking about money
A dram of Macallan No 6 is glorious and lush with dates and figs – comprehensible to any tongue,…
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Leader: A warning from the future
A government that routinely champions its commitment to border control has repeatedly failed to shield Britain from new waves…
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Letter of the week: Stronger together
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
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Bob Dylan at 80: His paintings are of a piece with the folk roots of his music
Dylan’s main subject in his artwork is quotidian America, light on people and redolent with atmosphere – ennui, melancholy…
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Bob Dylan at 80: His freedom spoke to me as a young almost-musician
No, I wasn’t picking up my life after a doomed marriage and heading down Highway 61. But I was…
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Bob Dylan at 80: Perfect voices don’t survive the years. Dylan’s imperfections adapt
The point about Dylan’s voice is that it is his voice and that his lyrics are written for that voice.
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Bob Dylan at 80: Even in love songs, Dylan’s polemical streak shines through
The court may not have convicted William Zantzinger, who “killed poor Hattie Carroll, with a cane that he twirled…
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Bob Dylan at 80: There is dark, sly laughter behind his most puzzling lyrics
You would need to be an awful nitwit to let yourself be irritated by Dylan’s attempts to sound deep.
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Bob Dylan at 80: He bulldozed through barriers and obliterated boundaries
Dylan’s shift from acoustic to electric in 1965 is sometimes described as his Damascene moment. In fact, it was…
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Bob Dylan at 80: His braggadocio is hilarious and heroic
I can’t do this really. I don’t know enough about Dylan. But then who does?
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Bob Dylan at 80: His world is mysterious – he says everything and nothing at once
Songwriters like Leonard Cohen articulately present their subjective world-view, but Dylan gives us whole worlds to explore.
By Reviewed in short: New books by Heather McGhee, Marc Morris, Véronique Tadjo and Francisco Garcia
The Sum of Us by McGhee, The Anglo-Saxons by Morris, In the Company of Men by Tadjo and If You Were…
By Armando Iannucci’s Why Time Flies is a delightful radio documentary
Does it move more slowly when we experience pain? Do we really see things “in slow motion” during a…
By BBC Four’s Delia Derbyshire doc is a triumphant portrait of a brilliant woman
How to bring to life such a woman, and how on earth to put her experiments in psychoacoustics on…
By Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow is a baking bromance
This perfectly distilled film is a pleasing oddity.
By Commons Confidential: The walking dead
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Wesminster.
By How the Indian variant threatens recovery
By refusing to adjust the roadmap is Boris Johnson repeating past mistakes?
By First Thoughts: Some speech is freer than others, the danger of the desk, and sex resumes
I predict a summer of romance, as released singletons embrace the opportunity to mingle freely outside of their household.
By Will Young Q&A: “My true essence is being a host on Antiques Roadshow“
The singer discusses Nelson Mandela, The Untethered Soul by Michael Alan Singer and his relationship with social media.
By From athlete to influencer: how cash-strapped sport is turning into celebrity entertainment
The wildly lucrative boxing career of YouTuber Jake Paul proves the real world power of likes and views.
By In Blair-world, tech is the bright new progressive cause. But he ignores the real reasons for change
The former PM's rhetoric is selective and ideologically fixed, he is unable to confront the world as it really is.
By Subscriber of the Week: Joakim Rasmussen
Email emily.bootle@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman’s subscriber of the week.
By Boris Johnson’s liberal Planning Bill will divide Tories
To provide the homes the UK needs, the Prime Minister realises building must trump conservation – a reality many…
By Michael Henderson’s Diary: Rebranding cricket, resurrecting Ravel, and what Philip Larkin understood about England
When this plague is over I shall return to my sacred place: Derbyshire, our most handsome and underrated county.
By This England: The butt of the joke
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s Richard II, refers to the whole of Britain…
By Keir Starmer’s tactful silence on the culture wars won’t lead Labour to victory
Why would an approach that failed for Jeremy Corbyn and Ed Miliband work for the current Labour leader?
By Men tend to think they’re the authority on music – but I have learned to fight my corner
I’ve been banging the feminist drum for 40 years, but when I reflect on my early song lyrics I realise…
By My best friend the Moose has died, and it’s as if all the oxygen has been sucked out of the room
I do not like this country, Bereavement. My drinks bill is through the roof and the language is an ugly…
By Letter of the week: Stronger together
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
By Leader: A warning from the future
A government that routinely champions its commitment to border control has repeatedly failed to shield Britain from new waves…
By Why it’s impossible to talk about whisky without talking about money
A dram of Macallan No 6 is glorious and lush with dates and figs – comprehensible to any tongue,…
By A new and dangerous form of violence has broken out in Israel
The sectarian, communal violence between Arabs and Jews is the most troubling new development.
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