Ireland’s progressive centre cannot hold
As Leo Varadkar steps down as Taoiseach, voters are turning away from the Republic’s mainstream liberal consensus.
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I can’t find a diagnosis for Ted – but he can diagnose modern medicine
“Everything’s decided on thousands of people,” he told me. “That can’t possibly tell you what to do for any individual.”
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The revenge of Sue Gray
From Stormont to partygate, the former civil servant specialised in problematic situations. Now she’s Keir Starmer’s chief of staff.
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Germany is on the brink of economic decline
Digital investment is being cut and industry is stuck in the past, in a country where the fax machine still…
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This England: Beauty school
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Welcome to the Willy Wonka experience that is British politics
Realpolitik is giving way to Feelpolitik – where doing stuff is replaced by just saying the stuff you would like…
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Here in Israel people feel deeply unsafe and the two-state solution looks doomed
At the site of Hamas’s 7 October attack, one struggles to comprehend the horrific consequences of the war and of…
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Bach’s bridge to the past
The St John Passion, first performed 300 years ago, is not just a religious epic but also a profoundly human…
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The best children’s books for spring 2024
Find cinematic joy and heroes seeking comradeship in new books for young readers.
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Stephen King’s Carrie and the horror of girlhood
The triumph of the writer’s debut novel, published 50 years ago, is its understanding of a teenage girl’s destructive anger.
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Your own personal Jesus
In the beginning there were many different sons of God – Western Christianity triumphed not by destiny but accident.
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Trump is not the problem
For American democracy to survive, we need to address the cultural breakdown that’s allowing authoritarians to flourish.
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The cathedrals courting controversy
Also this week: the meaning of Easter, exploring forgiveness, and doing battle with moss.
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How low will Sunak go to keep power?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The last crimes of Caravaggio
Within weeks of finishing his final painting, a murder scene, the artist was himself dead.
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The farmers’ revolt against green politics
Across Europe and North America, neglected urban and rural citizens are aligning in a new class struggle.
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Inside Britain’s asylum backlog
Rishi Sunak claims he has cleared the “legacy” waiting list of claims and is emptying hotels. Thousands are still waiting.
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Spring reflection: Heeding the dawn chorus
Every year the first blackbird feels more poignant, its notes pregnant with nostalgia.
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Letter of the week: In search of empathy
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Bidenism comes to Britain
Rachel Reeves, Labour’s chancellor-in-waiting and chief ideologue, aims to establish a new economic consensus with an active state at its…
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