A surprise cash infusion has the feel of a religious experience
I am relieved of the incessant, humiliating nag of being broke for the rest of the month.
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Why Trump’s Bitcoin boom is a fake
I have no idea what will happen to cryptocurrencies – and neither does anyone else.
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Finding gifts for gardeners should be easy
But most of what we want can’t be bought.
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Rachel Kushner Q&A: “Don’t ugly yourself in the face of ugliness”
The novelist on the innocence of the 1970s, cherishing life as it is, and Roxy Music.
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Subscriber of the week: Vicky Allard
Contact zuzanna.lachendro@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be featured.
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This England: Cleaned the place out
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Another week, another encounter with the long arm of the law
Despite my best efforts, it seems my council tax bill has come a-knocking.
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Why Rachel Reeves should crash the housing market
It might take ten years and a lot of shouting, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth doing.
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