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26 April 2023

Subscriber of the week: James Simister

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What do you do?

I am a history tutor and lecturer.

Where do you live?

Brighton.

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Always.

How long have you been a subscriber?

Nine years.

What made you start?

A friend kept lending me his copy.

Is the NS bug in the family?

No.

What pages do you flick to first?

I go through it front to back.

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How do you read yours?

Over the weekend.

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More about England’s regions and Wales.

Who are your favourite NS writers?

John Gray and Robert Tombs.

Who would you put on the cover of the NS?

Alexei Navalny.

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Vladimir Putin.

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Brendan Simms on Brexit.

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This article appears in the 26 Apr 2023 issue of the New Statesman, The New Tragic Age