How nature reclaims the places humans have abandoned
What might happen to the entire planet, when humanity shrinks away?
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Biden's Burden
How the slave trade funded Britain
A new book argues that people-trafficking was once “an essential part of British national life”.
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The importance of being Everett
The greatest role played by the actor is his portrayal of a profane, outrageous entertainer – himself.
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The ghosts of Mark Fisher
How the cultural critic, four years after his death, became one of the most influential thinkers and writers of…
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The NS Poem: Iris Murdoch’s Love
A poem by the late Peter Abbs.
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NS Recommends: New books from Bryan Washington, Jonty Claypole, Raven Leilani and Ijeoma Oluo
Memorial by Washington, Words Fail Us by Claypole, Luster by Leilani, Mediocre by Oluo.
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How should we remember the Holocaust?
Why the plan for a new national memorial in Westminster is causing such division.
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Can robots make good therapists?
Stuck at home in lockdown, and with limited access to mental health services, people are turning to chatbots for…
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Can Joe Biden restore America?
The US faces a crisis of reputation on the world stage and of democracy at home. The burden now falls…
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How Pierre-Jacques Volaire perched his viewers on the rim of Vesuvius
Volaire witnessed most of the major volcanic events of the second half of the 18th century and, in his paintings,…
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How the Hallé orchestra is bringing back live music online
The Hallé is gamely testing a behind-the-scenes docu-concert hybrid, available to stream on its website.
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Lisa Cholodenko’s 1998 High Art is an eerily precise portrayal of stone-broke bohemian city living
In this hip and smacky drama-romance, a young woman drifts through parties, trying to find a higher purpose.
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Two podcasts explore the murky past of Ghislaine Maxwell
Hunting Ghislaine and Power: The Maxwells try to understand the woman, and friend of Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested for sex trafficking in June…
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Russell T Davies’s It’s a Sin is about the Aids crisis – and much more
However sad and serious this series is, and however political, Davies has his eye on youth and love, too.
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Subscriber of the Week: Jacob Wood
Email emily.bootle@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman's Subscriber of the Week.
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Why The Young Offenders, with its daft jokes and japes, is the perfect lockdown watch
It’s silly, with moments of human goodness – and exactly what I need right now.
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Penning an ode to Scott Parker, a manager from another age, and other distractions
With that square jaw, those cheekbones and piercing stare the former midfielder could be a 1930s Hollywood heart-throb.
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This England: Pota-toe
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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My New Statesman tote bag was a symbol of hope and belonging, and then it almost killed me
Ah, the irony! That I should be immolated by a bag advertising the very magazine that employs me!
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Banana ice cream and a cheat’s Spanish omelette can make cooking with children fun
While a child who can make their own sandwiches is worth their weight in cheese and pickle, here are…
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Amika George Q&A: “I need to work out what job to have in this lifetime first“
The period poverty activist on Jayaben Desai, Come Dine With Me, and writing her dissertation on the British Asian club…
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The one-dimensional city
Saudi Arabia unveils its half-trillion-dollar plan for a new linear utopia. But is the idea anything new?
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First Thoughts: The folly of the lockdown sceptics, and the Wilbys get vaccinated
Ipso is right to censure columnists who throw around half-truths and wilful exaggerations about Covid-19; the disease is too deadly.
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Commons Confidential: The workers divided
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Wesminster.
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The rise of the fact-checker in an age of disinformation
As president Donald Trump made more than 30,500 false or misleading claims; and the Washington Post tracked every one.
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Jimmy Wales: “Wikipedia is from a different era”
As the online encyclopedia turns 20, its founder reflects on the internet’s halcyon days.
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Many people think poor families don’t deserve pleasure. Our insulting “food hampers” prove it
The woefully inadequate food parcels sent out to needy children undermined the dignity and the basic well-being of those who received…
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How Covid-19 changed the rules of relationships
The pandemic has acted as a gargantuan stress-test, accelerating new couples and putting extra strain on those already struggling.
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Kevin Maguire’s Diary: My grudge with Boris Johnson, Labour leaks – and where is Allegra Stratton?
The Prime Minister's press secretary has arrived but her soapbox hasn’t, delayed until the pandemic is over. The word is…
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The persecution of Alexei Navalny reveals the weaknesses of Putin’s Russia
To understand Navalny’s significance, and his arrest, we must consider two big shifts in Russia: declining economic strength and rising internet usage.
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How do you solve a problem like Marcus Rashford? It’s a question the Tories are struggling to answer
Downing Street was blindsided by the Manchester United player’s campaigning against food poverty last summer and has been racing…
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Why the demographic make-up of the US creates the perfect conditions for civil war
To understand why a person might become a foot soldier in a violent political movement, we must look not…
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Gossip about Labour’s obscure front bench has started – but it’s too early to write them off
Rachel Reeves, Pat McFadden and Peter Kyle are among the Labour MPs who are underused, but the political landscape…
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Letter of the week: Sniffing out Musk’s failures
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: The welfare conundrum
Rather than cutting Universal Credit, Rishi Sunak should use this moment to build the resilient welfare state the UK has long…
By NS Recommends: New books from Bryan Washington, Jonty Claypole, Raven Leilani and Ijeoma Oluo
Memorial by Washington, Words Fail Us by Claypole, Luster by Leilani, Mediocre by Oluo.
By Two podcasts explore the murky past of Ghislaine Maxwell
Hunting Ghislaine and Power: The Maxwells try to understand the woman, and friend of Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested for sex trafficking in June…
By Russell T Davies’s It’s a Sin is about the Aids crisis – and much more
However sad and serious this series is, and however political, Davies has his eye on youth and love, too.
By The NS Poem: Iris Murdoch’s Love
A poem by the late Peter Abbs.
By Lisa Cholodenko’s 1998 High Art is an eerily precise portrayal of stone-broke bohemian city living
In this hip and smacky drama-romance, a young woman drifts through parties, trying to find a higher purpose.
By How the Hallé orchestra is bringing back live music online
The Hallé is gamely testing a behind-the-scenes docu-concert hybrid, available to stream on its website.
By Banana ice cream and a cheat’s Spanish omelette can make cooking with children fun
While a child who can make their own sandwiches is worth their weight in cheese and pickle, here are…
By The one-dimensional city
Saudi Arabia unveils its half-trillion-dollar plan for a new linear utopia. But is the idea anything new?
By First Thoughts: The folly of the lockdown sceptics, and the Wilbys get vaccinated
Ipso is right to censure columnists who throw around half-truths and wilful exaggerations about Covid-19; the disease is too deadly.
By This England: Pota-toe
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
By Commons Confidential: The workers divided
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Wesminster.
By Why The Young Offenders, with its daft jokes and japes, is the perfect lockdown watch
It’s silly, with moments of human goodness – and exactly what I need right now.
By The rise of the fact-checker in an age of disinformation
As president Donald Trump made more than 30,500 false or misleading claims; and the Washington Post tracked every one.
By My New Statesman tote bag was a symbol of hope and belonging, and then it almost killed me
Ah, the irony! That I should be immolated by a bag advertising the very magazine that employs me!
By Many people think poor families don’t deserve pleasure. Our insulting “food hampers” prove it
The woefully inadequate food parcels sent out to needy children undermined the dignity and the basic well-being of those who received…
By Why the demographic make-up of the US creates the perfect conditions for civil war
To understand why a person might become a foot soldier in a violent political movement, we must look not…
By Penning an ode to Scott Parker, a manager from another age, and other distractions
With that square jaw, those cheekbones and piercing stare the former midfielder could be a 1930s Hollywood heart-throb.
By How Covid-19 changed the rules of relationships
The pandemic has acted as a gargantuan stress-test, accelerating new couples and putting extra strain on those already struggling.
By Gossip about Labour’s obscure front bench has started – but it’s too early to write them off
Rachel Reeves, Pat McFadden and Peter Kyle are among the Labour MPs who are underused, but the political landscape…
By Subscriber of the Week: Jacob Wood
Email emily.bootle@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman's Subscriber of the Week.
By Kevin Maguire’s Diary: My grudge with Boris Johnson, Labour leaks – and where is Allegra Stratton?
The Prime Minister's press secretary has arrived but her soapbox hasn’t, delayed until the pandemic is over. The word is…
By The persecution of Alexei Navalny reveals the weaknesses of Putin’s Russia
To understand Navalny’s significance, and his arrest, we must consider two big shifts in Russia: declining economic strength and rising internet usage.
By How do you solve a problem like Marcus Rashford? It’s a question the Tories are struggling to answer
Downing Street was blindsided by the Manchester United player’s campaigning against food poverty last summer and has been racing…
By Letter of the week: Sniffing out Musk’s failures
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
By Amika George Q&A: “I need to work out what job to have in this lifetime first“
The period poverty activist on Jayaben Desai, Come Dine With Me, and writing her dissertation on the British Asian club…
By Leader: The welfare conundrum
Rather than cutting Universal Credit, Rishi Sunak should use this moment to build the resilient welfare state the UK has long…
By Jimmy Wales: “Wikipedia is from a different era”
As the online encyclopedia turns 20, its founder reflects on the internet’s halcyon days.
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