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From Naomi Alderman to Francis Spufford: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring The Revolutionary Temper by Richard Darnton and The Wisdom of Sheep by Rosamund Young.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Also featuring The Revolutionary Temper by Richard Darnton and The Wisdom of Sheep by Rosamund Young.
ByWrite to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
ByThe continent is paying countries on its fringes, democratic and otherwise, to shield its core from all the chaos.
ByAlso this week: Margaret Thatcher’s candour and the loss of a wise friend.
ByThe senior midwife on the UK’s failing maternity services.
ByThis is not a bunch of Trots but a well-prepared team with a clear agenda.
ByIn an age of fake news, wartime leaders understand that they now have to fight against disinformation and conspiracies too.
ByThe twins accrued hotels, newspapers and a fortress on their own island – then their fortune vanished.
ByShattered by Brexit, the Tory party has been captured by populist disrupters. Can true conservatives win it back?
ByDoha hosts Hamas as part of a cynical geopolitical game.
ByThe novelist’s collected non-fiction reveals her extraordinary range, depth and independence of thought.
ByThe Italian writer, born 100 years ago, first sought to reflect political reality – and then to redefine it.
ByCarlos Acosta’s playful and fiery take on the 1869 ballet is a joyful marriage of movement and music.
ByThe duplicity that defined his spy novels also enabled his relentless pursuit of sexual pleasure.
ByPoliticians in the UK are nervous to speak about the conflict – but if ever there was a time for…
ByI was among the first journalists allowed into Kfar Azza, one of the kibbutz communities that suffered the worst massacres.
ByI have seen children writing their names on the palms of their hands. When they die, they want people to…
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByAlso this week: the blue suit brigade, conference karaoke.
BySecurity failures allowed Hamas to launch its catastrophic attack on 7 October. Can the Israeli leadership overcome its fatal complacency?
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