Arnold Schwarzenegger’s lessons for losers
In his unlikely fourth act, the former movie star is a self-help guru who trades in the toughest of tough…
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Dance First is a catastrophic Samuel Beckett biopic
This film about the great Irish playwright will mystify those not familiar with his life and work – and irritate…
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The Conservative ship is going down – save yourselves!
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Subscriber of the Week: Richard Ellerker
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The internet man is coming and I am anxious
I woke at nine with a feeling of impending doom but thought, well, at least I have four hours to…
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The Cloud of Unreason
The Israel-Hamas war is fuelling conspiracies, lies and misinformation.
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The New Statesman’s best books of the academic presses
Our choice of the highlights from the universities in 2023.
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This England: Dasher seeks Dancer
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Cat Person is a lesson in how to ruin a great story
Susanna Fogel’s take on the viral New Yorker story reveals the dangers of lazy adaptation.
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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.
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Letter of the week: World leaders must show the way forward
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Europe has made itself vulnerable by outsourcing its security
The continent is paying countries on its fringes, democratic and otherwise, to shield its core from all the chaos.
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My role in the BBC’s Hamas controversy
Also this week: Margaret Thatcher’s candour and the loss of a wise friend.
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Donna Ockenden: “Mothers were blamed for their own deaths”
The senior midwife on the UK’s failing maternity services.
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Sahra Wagenknecht’s new left-populist party should be taken seriously
This is not a bunch of Trots but a well-prepared team with a clear agenda.
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Cutting through the fog of war
In an age of fake news, wartime leaders understand that they now have to fight against disinformation and conspiracies too.
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How the Barclay brothers built and wrecked an empire
The twins accrued hotels, newspapers and a fortress on their own island – then their fortune vanished.
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How the centre right was lost
Shattered by Brexit, the Tory party has been captured by populist disrupters. Can true conservatives win it back?
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Was Israel wrong to trust Qatar?
Doha hosts Hamas as part of a cynical geopolitical game.
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Inside the mind of Hilary Mantel
The novelist’s collected non-fiction reveals her extraordinary range, depth and independence of thought.
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