A year of war and bloodshed
The situation in the Middle East is only getting more dangerous.
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The fury of history
Letter of the week: Not so Nice
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Starmer is losing his cool
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Can Hezbollah survive the death of Hassan Nasrallah?
The long-time leader of the Iran-backed militia was one of the region’s most significant figures in decades.
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Life after retirement at the BBC
Also this week: savage cuts at Radio 4, and woman as temptress.
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Sharone Lifschitz: “On 7 October, my father saw his life’s work going up in flames”
The film-maker on her father Oded Lifschitz and the plight of the 7 October hostages.
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The row over Labour’s “freebies” will carry on
Handouts stick with voters inured to thinking of politicians as greedy.
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The “Catholic vote” is powerful, considering it doesn’t really exist
The Church’s ability to bring partisans together in a polarised nation is indispensable.
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Google’s days of monopolising the web may be numbered
Also this week: Michael Gove’s delight at Spectator editorship, and the BBC’s Strictly bullying claims.
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Austria’s hard-right victory is a warning signal
Centrists need to re-design their economic agenda.
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The menopause industry is a murky area of women’s healthcare
There is little evidence to back up claims made about symptoms, treatment and care.
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The fury of history
There can be no peace until there is regime change inside Iran.
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What is Zionism?
Why the State of Israel is central to Jewish identity.
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In Gaza, every second is a fight to stay alive
The world has turned away even as the destruction and killing go on.
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A blood-dimmed tide washes over the Middle East
Israel has won several remarkable military victories – with a catastrophic human cost.
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The fall of a Stuart spin doctor
The Duke of Buckingham served King James I better as a lover than a statesman – and his blunders…
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How India made the ancient world
William Dalrymple’s The Golden Road places India, not China or Europe, as the global wellspring of learning and power.
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The battle after Brexit
Alan Halsall was persecuted by the Electoral Commission for his part in the Leave campaign. His story reveals the…
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From Lauren Elkin to Elizabeth Strout: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Immaculate Forms by Helen King and Augustus the Strong by Tim Blanning.
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How Green Day’s American Idiot pitted punk against George W Bush
Twenty years ago, a trio of Calfornian stoners released a polemic against Republican America that politicised a generation.
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The Outrun almost makes a great success of an improbable adaptation
This tale of addiction and healing on Orkney is faithful to Amy Liptrot’s memoir – at the cost of…
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The horrors of Storyville’s Surviving October 7th: We Will Dance Again
Yariv Mozer’s 90-minute BBC documentary is an astonishing thing, almost beyond description. It will destroy you.
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The National’s modern Coriolanus
David Oyelowo is best as Rome’s greatest soldier when he loses his temper.
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In Georgia, politics and wine collide again
The future of the wine world’s matriarch is under threat.
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Severely provoked, I retain my chastity with bittersweet regret
Experience has taught me that the best way to behave when being shouted at by a woman is to…
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In defence of my £600 coffee machine
I, like millions of others, abide by the principle of buying something for life.
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Has social media pushed fandom to a point of no return?
It used to be people would respect your personal space – now, it’s all a bit sinister.
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Pep Guardiola’s gift to his team is a world away from the football of old
I remember the days when footballers earned £10k a year and lived in a modest semi-detached.
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This England: Pennies from Lenham
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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Subscriber of the week: Violet Snell
Contact zuzanna.lachendro@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be featured.
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John Nichol Q&A: “I’ve been bloody lucky in my life”
The former RAF navigator on his favourite Queen song and selling farm machinery.
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