The sex lives of medieval women
They were once considered far more lascivious than men – so how did women become the meeker sex?
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Ben Hodges: “The only hope the Russians have is that the West loses the will to keep supporting Ukraine”
The former commanding general of the US Army in Europe on why the future of the West could be decided…
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Eleanor Catton and the problem with “literary thrillers”
Her new novel raises the question: is the genre code for a thriller that simply isn’t very thrilling?
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Lukas Dhont’s Close explores the abrupt end of boyhood
This is a tender portrait of an innocent, intimate relationship between two best friends. So why must it veer into…
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The return of the Beatles vs Stones wars
As news of a Rolling Stones album featuring Paul McCartney appears, the press reignites a culture war it confected.
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I’m a writer who thrives on stories – so why can’t I read novels any more?
I fear my reluctance to read fiction reveals how focused on myself I have become, amid the inwardness of depression.
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Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale is dismal, claustrophobic and sometimes cruel
Brendan Fraser’s performance as an obese shut-in could win him an Oscar, but this bleak, suffocating film is hard to…
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Spielberg’s The Fabelmans is a major and personal work
The director’s 34th feature – and the first to turn the camera on himself – ranks as one of his…
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From Em Strang to Kapka Kassabova: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Owlish by Dorothy Tse.
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Italy is too large to save but cannot be left to fail. Eventually, something has to give
While Giorgia Meloni claims she wants her country to stay in the eurozone, its deep economic problems might pull her…
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Letter of the week: What conservatism knows
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Does The Witch Trials of JK Rowling say anything new?
A former member of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church community interviews the Harry Potter author about the perils of polarised…
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Subscriber of the Week: Agata Cienciala
Please email peter.williams@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman’s subscriber of the week.
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Stuck at home ill, thank goodness I have football’s follies to keep me entertained
Singing to mock a record signing, a mighty Wolves victory, and sympathy for Antonio Conte over the pain of gallstones.
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Why the fall of Nicola Sturgeon offers little reason for unionist triumphalism
The enduring strength of the SNP is not just a morbid symptom of British decline: it is a rebuke to…
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At MoMa, I saw an artwork that moved me – made by a machine
Refik Anadol’s Unsupervised is a glorious introduction to art by artificial intelligence. Plus: the rise of cultural Russophobia.
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Fleishman Is in Trouble is a slick but exhausting portrait of New York wealth
This series belongs to a new big-budget genre of TV that attempts to intellectually flatter viewers who can actually afford…
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In the face of Russia’s aggression, global alliances have proven their indispensability
In 2019 Emmanuel Macron declared that Nato had suffered a “brain death”, but in Munich world leaders showed otherwise.
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Letter from Syria: “We called for urgent help. No one responded”
After more than a decade of devastation inflicted by civil war, Syrians face a new struggle for survival.
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Secrets of the womb
Leah Hazard’s new book shows how this complex, life-giving muscle has been maligned and misunderstood.
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