Paddington in Peru loses the magic of the first films
In this third instalment, the bear travels “home” – and the franchise’s feel-good, pro-immigration spirit vanishes.
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The provincial working class is being abandoned by Labour
The Budget proved it – the Treasury can’t be trusted to reverse the inequality of poorer regions with London.
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The Day of the Jackal is more lifestyle show than thriller
In this slick adaptation of Freddie Forsyth’s novel, Eddie Redmayne’s cheekbones shine.
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How did it go so wrong for Germany?
The former economic superpower is mired in a deep structural slump.
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Emily Watson Q&A: “Happiness is something that comes and goes in waves”
The actor on the Booker Prize-winning author Paul Lynch and being a master of time-wasting.
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Subscriber of the Week: Charlie O’Neill
Contact zuzanna.lachendro@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be featured.
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This England: MisLED
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Staying up all night for elections used to be fun. But not any more
Perhaps it is the weariness of age, or that it’s hard to find optimism in politics these days.
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I am dissatisfied with every single aspect of life
I didn’t expect “Horlicks causes agony” to be on my 2024 bingo card, but here I am.
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Rachel Reeves’ Budget will stabilise the NHS – but only reform will save it
Health needs that aren’t met in primary care simply turn up in secondary care.
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Why do Brits neglect barley?
After all, we grow seven million tonnes of it a year.
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Why Kamala Harris’s gambit failed
For millions of Americans, voting for Trump was democracy in action.
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Hanif Kureishi’s interrupted life
In 2022 an accident left the novelist paralysed. His blackly comic memoir, Shattered, is a devastating portrait of an imprisoned…
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The myths of Blitz spirit
Steve McQueen’s new film suggests the Second World War was not simply a time of uncomplicated national unity.
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Waitrose is a big part of my life
Here I am, writing about my shopping again: eat your heart out, Adrian Chiles.
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Labour’s rhetorical black hole
Language is unravelling across the party.
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The Tallis Scholars at Saffron Hall: sublime and moving
“Mysteries and Miracles” explores several centuries of sacred music.
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Labour’s economic tightrope
Having raised taxes and spending, Labour must now deliver improved services.
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Generation Z is a tedious abomination
How did this series, in which dastardly pensioner zombies feast on teenagers, get made?
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Colin Ward’s school without walls
The New Statesman columnist and anarchist was a proponent of radical social change that put the most vulnerable first.
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