I would never harm a spider, but a persistently miaowing cat…
My first night of the year was sleep-deprived torture. It was not the most auspicious start to 2024.
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Making Christmas dinner, I ponder Nigella and what might have been
I am transported back to Soho in the early 2000s, when a possible future rolled itself before me.
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The year of voting dangerously
Over two billion people in more than 60 countries will go to the polls in 2024, in elections that could…
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Do healthcare guidelines prioritise consistency over patient care?
Nice needs to lead the debate about treatments that may be too low-value to justify using NHS resources.
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The art exhibitions to see in 2024
The most intriguing shows of the year, from the National Gallery at 200 to purple landscapes and charcoal heads.
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What is Labour for?
Two new books show that a century after it formed its first government, the party is once again wrestling with…
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From Bettany Hughes to Aniefiok Ekpoudom: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Our Moon by Rebecca Boyle and Trapped in History by Nicholas Rankin.
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The risk of a wider Middle East war is growing
The assassination of Hamas’s deputy political chief has come amid Israeli calls for action against Hezbollah and a crisis of…
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Do you know how to read the news?
This BBC Radio 4 series is a fun, bite-sized analysis of journalistic practice past and present.
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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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