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The NS Poem: Now
A new poem by Margaret Atwood.
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Colin Greenwood’s tour diary: checking in with Radiohead and suiting up for Nick Cave
The bassist on becoming a Bad Seed, reconvening with old friends, and how life on the road has changed.
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Kate Summerscale Q&A: “Best piece of advice? ‘It won’t seem so bad in the morning’”
The author on crushing on Steve McGarrett and learning to find joy in the things she tries to avoid.
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Taking on the Treasury
Rachel Reeves has more power than any chancellor in recent history. She should use it.
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Would Kemi Badenoch be worth the risk for Conservatives?
She might be “box-office”, but the Tory leadership candidate might prove too volatile for a party in crisis.
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Kamala Harris’s convictions are still a puzzle
The Democratic candidate has U-turned on some issues and aligned herself with Donald Trump on others. What does she stand…
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This England: Heads up
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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The best of the academic presses for autumn 2024
The New Statesman’s highlights, from Greek mythology to 1980s pop-synth and drawing to Christian nationalism
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We can’t all be geniuses
The word is overused. Most of us are minor talents.
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Keir Starmer and the perils of consensus
In trying to please everyone, the Prime Minister risks pleasing no one.
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Will the Daily Telegraph’s new buyer threaten its independence?
Dovid Efune has entered into exclusive talks to buy the title. Plus: the shrinking Standard and Badenoch woos the Sun.
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The unadulterated pleasures of Rivals
This Disney+ take on Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles is very funny and deeply satisfying. And what a multiplicity of backsides!
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Marie Curie’s modest revolution
A reluctant celebrity who coined the term “radioactivity”, she transformed the perception of women in science.
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The Apprentice: a grotesque, compelling Trump satire
You may think you never want to see a film about Donald Trump. But this tale of his relationship with…
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Malcolm Gladwell’s cult of smartness
The educated rationalists addressed by Revenge of the Tipping Point are sometimes the dumbest – and baddest – of them…
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Fight Club in the manosphere
Twenty-five years on, the film has become celebrated by lost young men who fail to grasp its subversive intent.
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André Aciman Q&A: “No one really knows who they are”
The author and director on Marcel Proust and his fascination with the stock market.
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Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer is excruciatingly bad
This Apple TV series starring Cate Blanchett is despair-inducing tripe.
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