The best New Statesman interviews of 2022
Conversations with the people at the centre of this year’s biggest stories.
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Discover our latest interviews with notable personalities across various fields. Step into the minds of influential figures and gain unique perspectives.
Vivienne Westwood: “I don’t think about posterity at all”
The fashion designer on environmental activism, her friendship with Julian Assange and why punk was just a ”marketing opportunity”.
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“It was a caprice of the algorithm”: Louis Theroux on becoming a Gen Z icon
An old documentary clip of the 52-year-old broadcaster rapping made him an unexpected TikTok sensation.
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Bridget Phillipson: “Childcare has to be part of a country’s economic strategy”
The shadow education secretary on what the UK can learn from Estonia, snobbery at Oxford and whether she wants to…
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Doug Gurr: “We are potentially decades away from a mass extinction”
As Cop15 ends, the former Amazon boss turned director of the Natural History Museum wants to make nature count by…
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Richard Blakeway: “Landlords are too dismissive about damp and mould”
It’s time to stop blaming tenants for sub-standard living conditions, says England’s housing ombudsman.
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“It’s dangerous for democracy”: Clive Lewis on candidate selection, radicalism and the future of BAME Labour
The left-wing former leadership candidate on where Keir Starmer is going wrong.
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Mick Lynch: “Starmer’s Labour could be another version of the Tories”
The RMT general secretary on the case for strikes, the war in Ukraine and why he backed Brexit.
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David Shrigley Q&A: “I’m getting weak in my old age. I should start lifting weights”
The British artist on Stewart Lee, plasticine portraits and why you should be happy right now.
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Ovo chief Raman Bhatia: the energy crisis has been “very sobering”
The head of the UK’s third-largest energy supplier on prices and purpose.
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Kate Lee’s Q&A: “People are surprised by how ruthlessly commercial I am”
The CEO of Alzheimer’s Society discusses working in the charity sector, and the appalling state of UK social care.
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Piers Morgan: “The TalkTV ratings ate at my soul like a flesh-eating bug”
The combative presenter reflects on Cristiano Ronaldo, cancel culture and the “infinite patience” of Rupert Murdoch.
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“You don’t trash your neighbours”: David Lammy on global Britain under Labour
Would UK foreign policy be any different if Keir Starmer’s party won power?
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Caitlin Rose: “I’ve never been embarrassed of who I am”
The Nashville-born musician on trauma, getting older and taking nine years away from music.
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Wilko Johnson’s long goodbye
The late musician on embracing terminal illness, being kicked out of Dr Feelgood and the “soap opera” of his life.
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The Policy Ask with Patricia Lewis: “Weapons treaties have been destroyed through political posturing”
The director of the international security programme at Chatham House on prohibiting nuclear weapons, preparing for cyberattacks and the character…
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Nick Cave: “I don’t think art should be in the hands of the virtuous”
The musician on why Morrissey matters, his deepening faith and grieving for his sons.
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Georgina Sturge: “The numbers don’t count. People do”
The House of Commons statistician discusses how flawed figures are shaping politics and her new book Bad Data.
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The Sewing Bee’s Esme Young: “Now I’m older, I think – whatever! Go for it!”
The TV judge and designer on partying with Pink Floyd and David Bowie, dressing Grace Jones, and collecting animal skulls.
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Pachinko author Min Jin Lee: “I don’t want approval”
The Korean-American novelist on hate speech, cancel culture and exposing society’s unwritten codes.
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