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This England: Time to clean up politics
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Caroline Campbell Q&A: “I’d love to be able to teleport safely”
The director of the National Gallery of Ireland on her love of the Florentine Renaissance and the contemplation of beautiful…
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It’s too bleak to go out, so why not bring your garden indoors?
Surrounding oneself with unfurling, growing things is a great remedy for January malaise.
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The NS Poem: Growing Grass
A new poem by Raymond Antrobus.
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Why junior doctors are right to strike
Also this week: winter travel chaos and the ongoing neglect of women’s health.
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Why the religious right forgives Trump’s sins
America’s evangelical Christians grow up with the language of domination and submission. Of course they want their president back.
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Letter of the week: It’s not all bad news
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Children’s mental health is yet another brutally polarised debate
For the sake of those who are genuinely struggling, difficult questions and nuanced arguments must receive a fair hearing.
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A European fiscal union is a vanishing dream
In 25 years of the euro, the single currency has brought division rather than unity to the EU.
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We don’t need a British West Wing – we’re already living in it
UK politicians and their staff are hopelessly in thrall to Aaron Sorkin’s world of political make-believe.
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Labour’s biggest threat is an electorate that has given up
Keir Starmer should be worried less by a potential Tory surge and more by a creeping pessimism among voters.
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Holden out for a hero: seatless Tory chair pitches up in Wellingborough
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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A very British scandal
One TV drama – on the Post Office Horizon scandal – has exposed the unaccountability of power in the UK.
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The new age of magical thinking
The philosophy of magic inspired the founders of modern science. Now it feeds the delusions of Silicon Valley.
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Rishi Sunak is digging his own grave
Why even once-loyal Conservatives are now despairing of the Prime Minister.
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How to escape the self-help trap
Vincent Deary’s exhilarating new book mixes science, philosophy and memoir to argue that self-acceptance is our best defence against the…
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Inside the loneliness bureau
The minister for loneliness, equalities and civil society Stuart Andrew on his own spells of solitude and why language must…
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The Christmas gift of Viagra
I’ve always felt the word festive may be applied as easily to the bedroom as to bunting. Men Up proves…
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Democracy in the era of deepfakes
In October a fabricated clip of Keir Starmer swearing at staff was shared. Imagine the impact if it had happened…
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