How the protests swept the world
Generation Z is increasingly restive and unhappy with the status quo. But does it have the means to effect the lasting…
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A world in revolt
The new age of autarky
How crises and upheavals are drawing Britain away from globalisation and back towards a national capitalism.
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Why I broke with Boris Johnson
A devastating indictment of the Prime Minister from one of his former allies and Downing Street advisers.
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Personal story: Zidane, football and war
I'm familiar with lockdown – I remember the nights spent hiding with my family in our bathroom, as Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut.
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Where the science went wrong
Sage minutes show that scientific caution, rather than a strategy of “herd immunity”, drove the UK’s slow response to…
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The gene delusion
The genetic data around human difference is inconclusive – but that does not stop right-wing thinkers using it to…
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How the alt-right shifted the Overton window
Andrew Marantz’s Antisocial: How Online Extremists Broke America is a refreshingly insightful account of how the alt-right used technology…
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Rediscovering “Paris” by Hope Mirrlees, modernism’s lost classic
Paris was first published one hundred years ago by Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press – two years before…
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Catherine Lacey’s Pew is an enigmatic modern morality tale
In this short novel, Lacey takes the idea of the passive protagonist to an extreme.
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The greats outdoors: how Hiroshige’s woodcuts changed art
Ando Hiroshige was never afraid to be daring.
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Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods sets the record straight about the exploitation of black soldiers
In Lee’s latest film, four black Vietnam veterans return to Saigon in the present day.
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I May Destroy You – Michaela Coel’s BBC One drama exploring consent
This is original and often exhilarating TV.
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Can you hear a building?
BBC Radio 4’s Hearing Architecture suggests you can.
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The power of protest videos
Activists toppling the Edward Colston statue in Bristol makes for moving footage. Better than comfort, it offers hope.
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Like most children, mine still cannot return to school. I fear for their well-being
Unfortunately – or perhaps fortunately, depending on how you look at it – I know a thing or two…
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Menus often boast of “heritage” fruits and vegetables – but what does that actually mean?
I shall let you into one of horticulture’s best-kept secrets. Heritage does not mean “a national treasure”.
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My laptop battery is, apparently, “a wreck”. Strangely, that’s how I’m feeling too
“Get a coronavirus test,” everyone tells me. But as getting a test involves getting out of bed, I am…
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I’m rubbing up against my Irishness in many ways during lockdown – and missing home
On the night Boris Johnson urged a lockdown, a thought entered my mind: “I’m on the wrong side of…
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Greg Jenner Q&A: “People see me coming and hear the Crazy Frog ringtone“
The historian talks BoJack Horseman, the problematic 19th-century actor Edmund Kean, and John Bew's Citizen Clem.
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First Thoughts: The New York Times debacle, and why the NHS has been overwhelmed
The paper was right to publish an article by the Republican senator Tom Cotton, but journalism is now so…
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Wendy Liu: “Silicon Valley didn’t create the pandemic, but they’re profiting from it“
The author of Abolish Silicon Valley and former tech entrepreneur on why she turned her back on the industry.
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Commons Confidential: No 10 begs for ideas
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Revenge of the forever wars
The US can't reform its domestic policing without first liberating itself from its own foreign policy.
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The destruction of Edward Colston’s statue is an act of living history
The toppling of the slave trader’s monument has taught us far more about the past than its survival ever did.
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Anger is a powerful propellant, but without a strategy it will drive people down rather than up
When the violence of the George Floyd protests began to prompt an authoritarian crackdown, black leaders rose to the…
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Madeleine McCann is back on front pages. Why does our media give this sad story so much space?
Even during a pandemic and nationwide protests against racial injustice, this 13-year-old story still dominates the media.
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The protests show that black Americans have been telling the truth about police brutality
The entire world is now bearing witness to police violence in the US, and it can no longer be…
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David Lammy’s Diary: A slave trader falls and why George Floyd must be more than a hashtag
We have to find a way to transform this righteous anger over racial injustice into meaningful reform.
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Why the search for mysterious Covid-19 “dark matter” will not lead to enlightenment
The term is an eye-catching shorthand for speculation that there may be pre-existing immunity to Covid-19.
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If Labour is to be more than a one-man team, the whole party will need to show it has changed
Tories might agree that Starmer is doing an excellent job – but they don’t believe he is yet convincing voters…
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Letter of the week: Praise for the paper
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
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Leader: A world in revolt
As Generation Z adopts a militant stance against racial inequality, demands for change can no longer be ignored.
By Like most children, mine still cannot return to school. I fear for their well-being
Unfortunately – or perhaps fortunately, depending on how you look at it – I know a thing or two…
By Madeleine McCann is back on front pages. Why does our media give this sad story so much space?
Even during a pandemic and nationwide protests against racial injustice, this 13-year-old story still dominates the media.
By Anger is a powerful propellant, but without a strategy it will drive people down rather than up
When the violence of the George Floyd protests began to prompt an authoritarian crackdown, black leaders rose to the…
By The protests show that black Americans have been telling the truth about police brutality
The entire world is now bearing witness to police violence in the US, and it can no longer be…
By David Lammy’s Diary: A slave trader falls and why George Floyd must be more than a hashtag
We have to find a way to transform this righteous anger over racial injustice into meaningful reform.
By First Thoughts: The New York Times debacle, and why the NHS has been overwhelmed
The paper was right to publish an article by the Republican senator Tom Cotton, but journalism is now so…
By Rediscovering “Paris” by Hope Mirrlees, modernism’s lost classic
Paris was first published one hundred years ago by Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press – two years before…
By The power of protest videos
Activists toppling the Edward Colston statue in Bristol makes for moving footage. Better than comfort, it offers hope.
By Wendy Liu: “Silicon Valley didn’t create the pandemic, but they’re profiting from it“
The author of Abolish Silicon Valley and former tech entrepreneur on why she turned her back on the industry.
By Catherine Lacey’s Pew is an enigmatic modern morality tale
In this short novel, Lacey takes the idea of the passive protagonist to an extreme.
By Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods sets the record straight about the exploitation of black soldiers
In Lee’s latest film, four black Vietnam veterans return to Saigon in the present day.
By Commons Confidential: No 10 begs for ideas
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By Revenge of the forever wars
The US can't reform its domestic policing without first liberating itself from its own foreign policy.
By I May Destroy You – Michaela Coel’s BBC One drama exploring consent
This is original and often exhilarating TV.
By Can you hear a building?
BBC Radio 4’s Hearing Architecture suggests you can.
By Letter of the week: Praise for the paper
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
By Menus often boast of “heritage” fruits and vegetables – but what does that actually mean?
I shall let you into one of horticulture’s best-kept secrets. Heritage does not mean “a national treasure”.
By My laptop battery is, apparently, “a wreck”. Strangely, that’s how I’m feeling too
“Get a coronavirus test,” everyone tells me. But as getting a test involves getting out of bed, I am…
By I’m rubbing up against my Irishness in many ways during lockdown – and missing home
On the night Boris Johnson urged a lockdown, a thought entered my mind: “I’m on the wrong side of…
By Greg Jenner Q&A: “People see me coming and hear the Crazy Frog ringtone“
The historian talks BoJack Horseman, the problematic 19th-century actor Edmund Kean, and John Bew's Citizen Clem.
By Why the search for mysterious Covid-19 “dark matter” will not lead to enlightenment
The term is an eye-catching shorthand for speculation that there may be pre-existing immunity to Covid-19.
By If Labour is to be more than a one-man team, the whole party will need to show it has changed
Tories might agree that Starmer is doing an excellent job – but they don’t believe he is yet convincing voters…
By Leader: A world in revolt
As Generation Z adopts a militant stance against racial inequality, demands for change can no longer be ignored.
By The destruction of Edward Colston’s statue is an act of living history
The toppling of the slave trader’s monument has taught us far more about the past than its survival ever did.
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