I would never harm a spider, but a persistently miaowing cat…
My first night of the year was sleep-deprived torture. It was not the most auspicious start to 2024.
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Making Christmas dinner, I ponder Nigella and what might have been
I am transported back to Soho in the early 2000s, when a possible future rolled itself before me.
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This England: Time to clean up politics
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Caroline Campbell Q&A: “I’d love to be able to teleport safely”
The director of the National Gallery of Ireland on her love of the Florentine Renaissance and the contemplation of beautiful…
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It’s too bleak to go out, so why not bring your garden indoors?
Surrounding oneself with unfurling, growing things is a great remedy for January malaise.
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Letter of the week: It’s not all bad news
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Cooking for others gives me purpose. That doesn’t mean I enjoy it
You know why chefs are skinny and have explosive tempers? Because their mothers try to help them in the kitchen…
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Can podcasts and acupressure get me through the icy winter months?
Perhaps the level of well-being we all seek is incompatible with being human.
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