The secret to becoming a runner? The sweet promise of baked goods
My fitness app is helping me set realistic goals, and it’s been transformative.
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How Labour won – and how they could lose in 2029
New books by Anushka Asthana and Michael Ashcroft show that the lessons of 2024 are sobering for both parties.
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An ode to aimless wandering
After years of trudging along paths, I’ve learned to stop seeing their completion as an accomplishment.
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Labour’s Budget dilemma
The tension between a pledge to limit tax rises and the party’s rule against borrowing for day-to-day spending is showing.
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Who made Keir’s cut?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The making of Barbara Kingsolver
In Holding the Line, the author’s newly republished account of the 1983 Arizona miners’ strike, the novelist and the reporter…
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Richard Dawkins, the gene genie
The great scientist strays into speculation in The Genetic Book of the Dead, his latest defence of his “selfish gene”…
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Myths of the great statesmen
New studies of Winston Churchill and Harold Wilson show the rewards and perils of political biography.
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The Lehman Trilogy is storytelling at its finest
In Sam Mendes’s revival, an epic narrative of American capitalism is translated into thrillingly stripped-back theatre.
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Letter of the week: The public deserves better
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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The resurrection of John le Carré
In Karla’s Choice the late spy novelist’s son Nick Harkaway has revived George Smiley – but he cannot match the…
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Thought Experiment 4. Becoming a Vampire
Entering into a transformative experience means making a decision about what kind of “you” you want to be.
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Subscriber of the week: Simon Williams
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Confronting the achingly cool with an aching heart – and aching gums
My eldest child has summoned my mouth infection and I to Brighton.
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The NS Poem: Now
A new poem by Margaret Atwood.
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Colin Greenwood’s tour diary: checking in with Radiohead and suiting up for Nick Cave
The bassist on becoming a Bad Seed, reconvening with old friends, and how life on the road has changed.
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Kate Summerscale Q&A: “Best piece of advice? ‘It won’t seem so bad in the morning’”
The author on crushing on Steve McGarrett and learning to find joy in the things she tries to avoid.
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Taking on the Treasury
Rachel Reeves has more power than any chancellor in recent history. She should use it.
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Would Kemi Badenoch be worth the risk for Conservatives?
She might be “box-office”, but the Tory leadership candidate might prove too volatile for a party in crisis.
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Kamala Harris’s convictions are still a puzzle
The Democratic candidate has U-turned on some issues and aligned herself with Donald Trump on others. What does she stand…
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