“They kill anything that moves”
A discussion on the mass expulsion of Gaza, genocide and South Africa’s case against Israel.
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Wolfgang Tillmans: “Art doesn’t have a purpose”
The photographer on the decline of the London art scene post-Brexit, coming out at 16, and political responsibility.
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The best New Statesman interviews of 2023
Conversations with the people at the centre of this year’s biggest stories.
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Happiness could be Labour’s secret election weapon
The economist Richard Layard advises politicians to take well-being more seriously.
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Matthew Ball’s cerebral ballet
The Royal Ballet principal on embracing pain, bringing the unconscious to the stage, and the dance world after #MeToo.
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Judi Dench’s Q&A: “Shakespeare’s rhythms are the beating of my heart”
The actor on Jennie Lee, Elizabeth Fry and her annoyance at those who throw away food on the sell-by date.
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Benjamin Zephaniah: “My first racist attack was a brick in the back of the head”
The late poet on Noam Chomsky, Bob Marley, growing his own veg, and travelling into the future.
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Hana Videen: “It’s a pretty silly idea that there’s a pure English”
The author on the evolution of language.
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Kate Forbes: The rooted nomad
Will Kate Forbes ultimately be forced to choose between politics and God?
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Louise Casey: The Tories are done – and they need to go away for a while
The social policy fixer on the perils of "initiativitis" and how Labour can deliver in government.
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Bertie Carvel’s Q&A: “Our world would be poorer without Sesame Street”
The actor on Star Wars, his past life as a sailor, and living inside a pointillist painting.
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Chris Atkins: “If we solved reoffending, we’d prevent 80 per cent of all crimes”
The author, film-maker and former Wandsworth inmate on why we should all care about our broken prison system.
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Clemens Meyer’s lessons from history
The author on growing up in the GDR, the rise of the far-right and Germany’s “responsibility” for the conflict in…
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Murder, she wrote
Nadine Dorries has been ridiculed for alleging that a treacherous “movement” controls the Tory party. But are her worst suspicions…
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Richard Tice: “The Tories need punishing, they need firing”
The Reform UK leader on why rather than doing a deal with the Conservatives, he plans to help defeat them.
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Jon Lansman: what the left gets wrong about Israel
The Momentum founder on his kibbutznik past, how progressives should respond to anti-Semitism and Jeremy Corbyn’s mistakes.
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“I didn’t want anyone to know it was me”: on being Joni Mitchell’s “Carey”
For 50 years, the “mean old daddy” immortalised in one of Mitchell’s best-loved songs has been an enigma. Now he…
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Gershon Baskin: “There’s only one way to bring all the hostages back alive”
The hostage negotiator on what it will take to secure the return of those held captive by Hamas in Gaza.
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Amy Arnold: “We’re unaccustomed to being pushed up against the inner life of another person”
The author of the Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted Lori & Joe on walking, suspense and capturing consciousness in prose.
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Adam Thirlwell: “Everyone has become a kind of manic everyday literary critic”
The Goldsmiths-shortlisted author on aliens, revolutionary France and our era of misinformation.
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