Culture 11 December 2019 There’s No Ifs or Maybes, I’ll Never Have Babies A new short story by the winner of the Goldsmiths Prize. By Lucy Ellmann It was Christmas, and the bells were clanging all around her in her summer house. Ca-lang Ptang Ping Ptam-blam Tlam La-too Pla-bah Pela-pta Bim bam Glim glam Dlam Dlam-tam Subscribe to The New Statesman today from only £8.99 per month Subscribe Content from our partners More than a landlord: A future of opportunity Spotlight Towards an NHS fit for the future Spotlight How drones can revolutionise UK public services Spotlight