Why do Democrats covet Taylor Swift’s support?
Seeing the party salivate over celebrity endorsements is uncomfortable viewing.
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Fred Again, EDM’s everybro
How did the unassuming producer of polite, emotive dance music become social media’s superstar DJ?
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The hotel-room blandness of Netflix’s The Perfect Couple
There are bathroom tiles more expressive than Nicole Kidman in her latest in a long line of increasingly hollow TV…
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Firebrand is an unhistorical and unforgettable Tudor drama
Alicia Vikander and Jude Law excel in this retelling of Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine Parr.
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Clint Dyer Q&A: “You know more than you think you do”
The actor and director on bell hooks and the enduring power of nature.
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The NS Poem: The Sea
A poem by Graham Mort.
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Starmer suffers while Rayner goes raving – and the press can’t decide which is worse
The Sun dispatches a reporter to spy on Angela Rayner in Ibiza. Plus: what would a world without X look…
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From Labour’s economic plan to the Tory leadership: no one wants to be associated with Liz Truss
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: New power generation
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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From André Aciman to Vanessa Kisuule: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Four Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton and The Invention of Good and Evil by Hanno Sauer.
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Germany’s lesson for Labour
Angela Merkel’s decision to open Germany’s borders to mass migration has proved a gift to the far right.
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The transformation of JD Vance
Donald Trump’s running mate has brought the new right to the brink of power.
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This England: Too fast, too furious
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Long-term illness is not a battle to be “won” – it’s a weight to carry forever
You can’t truly share in pain, or suffering; you can’t share stays in hospital, or scans, or drug treatments.
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A painful Budget is coming, but there are ways to manage it
The tax raid on the middle classes has already happened, thanks to Sunak and Hunt.
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Janet Frame’s asylum dreams
The New Zealand author, born 100 years ago, was both tormented and inspired by her experience of mental illness.
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How Telegram fosters online extremism
The under-regulated platform lacks transparency. The Southport riots remind us why this matters.
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Long live the low life
Jeremy Clarke’s final Spectator columns, written after his cancer diagnosis, are witty, well balanced and devoid of self-pity.
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Subscriber of the week: Simon Tyler-Murphy
Contact zuzanna.lachendro@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be featured.
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From Robert Bartlett to Donal Ryan: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Sing Like Fish by Amorina Kingdon and Tracks on the Ocean by Sara Caputo.
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