The Great Moving Left Show
How the pandemic could transform British politics.
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The Great Moving Left Show
The Dunkirk delusion: From our finest hour to the coronavirus crisis
The national saga of 1940 was remarkable and truly historic. Eighty years on, the UK is again in the…
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Infected by ideas
For writers from Daniel Defoe to Susan Sontag, plagues offer a window on to a rapidly changing world.
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John Lloyd’s latest book is a devastating argument against Scottish independence
In Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, Lloyd exposes what the SNP knows, but will not admit: the dire economic consequences of…
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Woody Allen’s memoir is as witty as it is problematic
Apropos of Nothing is both the best thing Allen has produced in 20 years, and a showcase for dismaying lapses of tact, taste…
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Curtis Sittenfeld’s Rodham wistfully imagines a world in which Hillary and Bill Clinton never married
The questions that keep you reading are hypotheticals: will they wind up together? Will they make it to the…
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The greats outdoors: How Nicolaes Berchem offered vistas of a golden Arcadia
With no evidence that the 17th-century Dutchman ever visited Italy, it seems rather that he invented Italy in his mind…
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Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe is frequently more rage-inducing than funny
Amid many laughs and poetically mild insults, Brooker exposes the government's farcical inaction with startling clarity.
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The making of a legend: A hilarious, uplifting documentary asks how on earth Little Richard came to be
In interviews, he is unstoppably amusing, and clips of him in original recording sessions defy aural logic.
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In lockdown, I’m craving romcoms – and 2003’s Down With Love is a pure sugar high
The early Noughties film, starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor, left me so giddy I watched it twice.
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Travelling through time and south London with Monkman & Seagull’s Genius Adventures
As a double act, Monkman and Seagull bring to mind Morecambe and Wise, though somewhat less funny.
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What Hannah Arendt can teach us about work in the time of Covid-19
The philosopher’s distinction between work and labour should guide our attempts to build a better society.
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Secret data and the future of public health: why the NHS has turned to Palantir
The data-mining company Palantir is one of several businesses that has been enlisted to build the Covid-19 “data store”…
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Commons Confidential: Putting the Marx into marking
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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First Thoughts: Government propaganda on the BBC, antibody tests and news industry carnage
On the daily briefings, ministers recite dubious figures and answer questions that are too random to put them under scrutiny.
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Rutger Bregman: “It’s a wonderful time to be a social democrat”
The Dutch historian discusses the political consequences of Covid-19 and his new book Humankind: A Hopeful History.
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Letter of the week: In search of a national story
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 big left turn
The crisis has accelerated the Conservatives’ retreat from austerity economics.
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The tragedy of Tye Green Lodge care home is a parable of government neglect
Over a four-week period, 17 residents of the Essex home and one member of staff died.
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Newcastle fans back the club’s takeover by Saudi Arabia. Do they bear moral responsibility?
Having craved Mike Ashley’s departure for years, fans are not too squeamish about who might replace him.
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Why now, more than ever, we should bask in the glory of wasting time
My time-wasting is so severe that I’ve been known to procrastinate leisure.
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The whole rotten edifice of the Premier League has been exposed by coronavirus
Football is a game that in its highest professional form has become bereft of any moral compass.
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Keir Starmer doesn’t choose his battle before he knows he has won – and he has the Tories worried
For the first time in more than a decade, Labour has a leader with a higher net approval rating…
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The issue of reopening schools is vivid proof our theoretical science has failed us
Insofar as anything can be said to be safe, sending children back to school will be safe for them.
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Jess Phillips’s Diary: My mother died nine years ago but she still got a shielding letter from the government
I have been able to take a walk with some of my girlfriends, which has been a precious relief.
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I wistfully remember my last meal out pre-lockdown – at a Greek restaurant full of interesting wine
This meal has had to feed my imagination for the past three months, and may need to for many…
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I have, over the years, resembled each incarnation of Dr Who, and how I wish I could turn back time
When William Hartnell took on the role, he was two years younger than I am now. I had to…
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Coronavirus has changed every mundane detail of our lives – including email etiquette
Our outboxes have become Dickensian chronicles of the dullest facets of our lives.
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Nobody can write a book in these conditions. Except, it seems, seven-year-old Moe
Could The Viking Bible be the next Game of Thrones? Perhaps Moe could make this family millions.
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Robert Webb Q&A: “I’d like to be the subject of a deeply unflattering nude by Freud“
The comedian talks The Young Ones, John Smith, and The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease.
By Keir Starmer doesn’t choose his battle before he knows he has won – and he has the Tories worried
For the first time in more than a decade, Labour has a leader with a higher net approval rating…
By Jess Phillips’s Diary: My mother died nine years ago but she still got a shielding letter from the government
I have been able to take a walk with some of my girlfriends, which has been a precious relief.
By Commons Confidential: Putting the Marx into marking
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By Letter of the week: In search of a national story
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
By First Thoughts: Government propaganda on the BBC, antibody tests and news industry carnage
On the daily briefings, ministers recite dubious figures and answer questions that are too random to put them under scrutiny.
By The issue of reopening schools is vivid proof our theoretical science has failed us
Insofar as anything can be said to be safe, sending children back to school will be safe for them.
By Secret data and the future of public health: why the NHS has turned to Palantir
The data-mining company Palantir is one of several businesses that has been enlisted to build the Covid-19 “data store”…
By The whole rotten edifice of the Premier League has been exposed by coronavirus
Football is a game that in its highest professional form has become bereft of any moral compass.
By The tragedy of Tye Green Lodge care home is a parable of government neglect
Over a four-week period, 17 residents of the Essex home and one member of staff died.
By Leader: The big left turn
The crisis has accelerated the Conservatives’ retreat from austerity economics.
By Why now, more than ever, we should bask in the glory of wasting time
My time-wasting is so severe that I’ve been known to procrastinate leisure.
By Newcastle fans back the club’s takeover by Saudi Arabia. Do they bear moral responsibility?
Having craved Mike Ashley’s departure for years, fans are not too squeamish about who might replace him.
By Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe is frequently more rage-inducing than funny
Amid many laughs and poetically mild insults, Brooker exposes the government's farcical inaction with startling clarity.
By Curtis Sittenfeld’s Rodham wistfully imagines a world in which Hillary and Bill Clinton never married
The questions that keep you reading are hypotheticals: will they wind up together? Will they make it to the…
By The making of a legend: A hilarious, uplifting documentary asks how on earth Little Richard came to be
In interviews, he is unstoppably amusing, and clips of him in original recording sessions defy aural logic.
By Travelling through time and south London with Monkman & Seagull’s Genius Adventures
As a double act, Monkman and Seagull bring to mind Morecambe and Wise, though somewhat less funny.
By In lockdown, I’m craving romcoms – and 2003’s Down With Love is a pure sugar high
The early Noughties film, starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor, left me so giddy I watched it twice.
By I wistfully remember my last meal out pre-lockdown – at a Greek restaurant full of interesting wine
This meal has had to feed my imagination for the past three months, and may need to for many…
By I have, over the years, resembled each incarnation of Dr Who, and how I wish I could turn back time
When William Hartnell took on the role, he was two years younger than I am now. I had to…
By Coronavirus has changed every mundane detail of our lives – including email etiquette
Our outboxes have become Dickensian chronicles of the dullest facets of our lives.
By Nobody can write a book in these conditions. Except, it seems, seven-year-old Moe
Could The Viking Bible be the next Game of Thrones? Perhaps Moe could make this family millions.
By Robert Webb Q&A: “I’d like to be the subject of a deeply unflattering nude by Freud“
The comedian talks The Young Ones, John Smith, and The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease.
By What Hannah Arendt can teach us about work in the time of Covid-19
The philosopher’s distinction between work and labour should guide our attempts to build a better society.
By Rutger Bregman: “It’s a wonderful time to be a social democrat”
The Dutch historian discusses the political consequences of Covid-19 and his new book Humankind: A Hopeful History.
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