Why a 99 per cent mortgage means a high proportion of trouble
Buyers who take up the offer may well find themselves stuck with higher repayments – and unable to switch to…
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From Adam Phillips to Kate Manne: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Pity by Andrew McMillan and Breaking Through by Katalin Karikó.
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The politics of Generation Grime
British rappers such as Stormzy and Dave have ideologies forged in a time of austerity and protest.
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Forget secateurs. A vivid imagination is a gardener’s most important tool
To garden is to live in anticipation of the seasons yet to come, to build endless versions of the first…
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Daniel Freeman: “Psychosis is seen as scary. It’s the last taboo”
“Professor Paranoia” on what works in psychiatry, and why he’s asking patients to put on virtual reality headsets.
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The conservative paradox
The Tories face electoral oblivion, having failed to grasp that voters look to government for a shield against insecurity. Is…
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The danger of deepfakes goes far beyond Taylor Swift
Why has it taken an attack on a global star for politicians and regulators to get serious about protecting women…
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How to stop the far right in Europe
The rise of anti-migrant populism is a metric for the EU’s policy failures. Address these, and it can be reversed.
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Keir Starmer has conquered his party. Now what?
Within Labour, the leader is “lord of all he surveys”. But he still needs to define what that is exactly.
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A Tory reckoning
Rishi Sunak’s continual changes of strategy have only deepened his party’s malaise.
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The dirty half-dozen: Tory right divides to rule, again
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: Pride and pedagogy
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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My nephew has changed how I feel about children
I still don’t want kids of my own, but aspects of motherhood that once seemed repellent to me now look…
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Why Barbie wasn’t snubbed
Also this week: Paul Giamatti’s struggling writers, and bad behaviour at the theatre.
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The rotten state
How corruption and chumocracy are pulling Britain apart.
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Can Zelensky survive the stalemate?
Once feted for his showmanship, Ukraine’s president has become plagued by corruption scandals and military failures.
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Ripping up the Iron Curtain
How a mass picnic party broke open Hungary’s Austrian border and foreshadowed the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Sheila Heti’s book of life
The Canadian novelist’s Alphabetical Diaries find a new way to capture the rhythms of human consciousness.
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We should all be like Oliver Twist and ask for more gruel
Science has enabled us to rediscover a food with near-magical health benefits.
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DJ Paulette Q&A: “Grace Jones still hula hoops through songs. She’s my hero”
The Manchester house music maestro on culture, crisps and coming home.
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