The paradoxes and platitudes of Salman Rushdie
In a new collection of essays, the author reveals the difficulty of reconciling his belief in multiplicity and ambiguity with a kind…
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The Covid cover-up?
The revolt of the English
How politicised grievance in England and a surging Scottish nationalism are fraying the liberal fibres of the Union.
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What Lyndsey Stonebridge gets right – and wrong – in Writing and Righting
One of our most interesting critics turns to the relationship between literature and human rights in contemporary society – but her…
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Olivia Sudjic’s Asylum Road is a post-Brexit novel about loss and longing for home
In her third book, the novelist interrogates the meaning of refuge in the modern world.
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Everyone and no one belongs to New York
Two new books capture the resilient spirit of New York City – and the people who call it home.
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Reviewed in short: New books from Pragya Agarwal, Natalia Ginzburg, Ed Husain and David Storey
(M)otherhood by Agarwal, The Road to the City by Ginzburg, translated by Frances Frenaye, Among the Mosques by Husain and A Stinging Delight:…
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The NS Poem: Lee Miller
A new poem by Janet Murray.
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Return of the long player
How we rediscovered the pleasures of the album in the digital age.
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The trials and torments of Domenichino
For the timid 17th-century artist, painting light-hearted landscapes was a way of escaping his persecutors.
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Dementia drama The Father is a campaign of disorientation
Anthony Hopkins gives a gale-force performance in a role that demands a head-spinning range of emotional shifts.
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Jimmy McGovern’s new prison drama Time is full of captivating performances
Sean Bean and Stephen Graham are utterly sensational in portraying two men trapped inside.
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BBC Radio 4 series Guide Books questions how literature can help us understand the human experience
In this episode, authors Sarah Perry and Sinéad Gleeson reflect on how their relationships with their bodies have changed over…
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Dante in the dock: Why Florence wants to clear the poet’s name
Seven hundred years after the poet’s death, many believe he should be exonerated of the crimes for which he…
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The beast of inflation is stalking the land again
This is a dangerous moment, not just for central bankers but for the wider economy.
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China’s Covid cover-up?
The theory that coronavirus escaped from a Wuhan lab is now considered credible. If true, it has grave implications for…
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Conservative MP Robert Halfon: “The government can’t say there’s no money for education”
The chair of the Education Select Committee discusses how to solve the schools crisis.
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First Thoughts: Holiday hubris, Frost’s history lesson, and how to play sport in multicultural Britain
Why can't Britons stay at home this summer instead of fretting over which countries are categorised green, amber or red?
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Commons Confidential: Taxi for Williamson?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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How the UK’s uncontrolled borders left an open door for Covid-19
A government opposed to the free movement of people has continually failed to stop the free movement of the…
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Mrs Down and Out has disappeared. So it is curtains for the old love life. Again
I am still unsure of what brought the relationship to an end, but maybe going out with the New…
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England hopes for “normality” on 21 June – but for observers of the solstice the date has always been ripe with possibility
Perhaps a kind of delirious celebration will unfold too among the plants, which have had as strange and reluctant…
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Fifteen years on from my first Pride march, it is bittersweet to see how much has changed
It’s odd to see a side to your identity, which once seemed so excruciatingly counter-cultural, be subsumed by the mainstream.
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This England: Happy New Year: Take two
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: Carl Gosling
Email emily.bootle@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman's Subscriber of the Week.
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Karin Slaughter Q&A: “Ariana Grande gave me a concert in an airport bathroom“
The author discusses admiring Hillary Clinton, the Dutch artist Sam Drukker and anti-vaxxers.
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Jeanette Winterson’s book burning was embarrassingly over the top. But I’m glad she did it
Explaining her actions on Twitter, Winterson said she “absolutely hated the cosy little domestic blurbs on my new covers... So…
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Boris Johnson’s clowning can only charm for so long. He will let everyone down in the end
The Prime Minister's pledges may be buying affection now, but Brexit will be a damp squib and globalisation will not…
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Suzanne Moore’s Diary: Family reunions, a vegan spa in Essex, and am I “the parent who’s given birth to the parent”?
Now that Stonewall has suggested employers stop using the word “mother” and replace it with “parent who has given…
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Europe and America are diverging, but that does not mean the end of the transatlantic alliance
Despite strains and snipes around vaccines and tariffs, it would serve both sides to be more openly transactional and equal.
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I find taking the knee depressing – but I wouldn’t boo it
My view of footballers taking the knee is much closer to that of Wilfried Zaha, the Crystal Palace star,…
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Letter of the week: The energy revolution
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the…
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Leader: Making Big Tech pay
The minimum global corporate tax rate shows the power elected governments can wield against multinational corporations.
By What Lyndsey Stonebridge gets right – and wrong – in Writing and Righting
One of our most interesting critics turns to the relationship between literature and human rights in contemporary society – but her…
By Olivia Sudjic’s Asylum Road is a post-Brexit novel about loss and longing for home
In her third book, the novelist interrogates the meaning of refuge in the modern world.
By Everyone and no one belongs to New York
Two new books capture the resilient spirit of New York City – and the people who call it home.
By Reviewed in short: New books from Pragya Agarwal, Natalia Ginzburg, Ed Husain and David Storey
(M)otherhood by Agarwal, The Road to the City by Ginzburg, translated by Frances Frenaye, Among the Mosques by Husain and A Stinging Delight:…
By The NS Poem: Lee Miller
A new poem by Janet Murray.
By Dementia drama The Father is a campaign of disorientation
Anthony Hopkins gives a gale-force performance in a role that demands a head-spinning range of emotional shifts.
By Jimmy McGovern’s new prison drama Time is full of captivating performances
Sean Bean and Stephen Graham are utterly sensational in portraying two men trapped inside.
By BBC Radio 4 series Guide Books questions how literature can help us understand the human experience
In this episode, authors Sarah Perry and Sinéad Gleeson reflect on how their relationships with their bodies have changed over…
By England hopes for “normality” on 21 June – but for observers of the solstice the date has always been ripe with possibility
Perhaps a kind of delirious celebration will unfold too among the plants, which have had as strange and reluctant…
By Mrs Down and Out has disappeared. So it is curtains for the old love life. Again
I am still unsure of what brought the relationship to an end, but maybe going out with the New…
By Fifteen years on from my first Pride march, it is bittersweet to see how much has changed
It’s odd to see a side to your identity, which once seemed so excruciatingly counter-cultural, be subsumed by the mainstream.
By This England: Happy New Year: Take two
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s Richard II, refers to the whole of Britain –…
By Subscriber of the week: Carl Gosling
Email emily.bootle@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman's Subscriber of the Week.
By First Thoughts: Holiday hubris, Frost’s history lesson, and how to play sport in multicultural Britain
Why can't Britons stay at home this summer instead of fretting over which countries are categorised green, amber or red?
By Commons Confidential: Taxi for Williamson?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By How the UK’s uncontrolled borders left an open door for Covid-19
A government opposed to the free movement of people has continually failed to stop the free movement of the…
By Karin Slaughter Q&A: “Ariana Grande gave me a concert in an airport bathroom“
The author discusses admiring Hillary Clinton, the Dutch artist Sam Drukker and anti-vaxxers.
By Jeanette Winterson’s book burning was embarrassingly over the top. But I’m glad she did it
Explaining her actions on Twitter, Winterson said she “absolutely hated the cosy little domestic blurbs on my new covers... So…
By Boris Johnson’s clowning can only charm for so long. He will let everyone down in the end
The Prime Minister's pledges may be buying affection now, but Brexit will be a damp squib and globalisation will not…
By Suzanne Moore’s Diary: Family reunions, a vegan spa in Essex, and am I “the parent who’s given birth to the parent”?
Now that Stonewall has suggested employers stop using the word “mother” and replace it with “parent who has given…
By Europe and America are diverging, but that does not mean the end of the transatlantic alliance
Despite strains and snipes around vaccines and tariffs, it would serve both sides to be more openly transactional and equal.
By I find taking the knee depressing – but I wouldn’t boo it
My view of footballers taking the knee is much closer to that of Wilfried Zaha, the Crystal Palace star,…
By Letter of the week: The energy revolution
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the…
By Leader: Making Big Tech pay
The minimum global corporate tax rate shows the power elected governments can wield against multinational corporations.
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