The battle for China’s history
Xi Jinping controls the story of his country’s past to crush dissent. But historians are fighting to keep the truth…
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Lubaina Himid’s Q&A: “I’m bothered by my inability to destroy the patriarchy”
The artist on her hero Betye Saar, Match of the Day and being told to “Just paint”.
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As personal heart monitors, smart watches are not so smart
The popularity of wearables is muddying health data and fuelling an epidemic of scans and anxiety.
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To Puglia, somehow, for sun, wine and a fairy-tale palazzo
Just to set off the plane and breathe the herb-scented air is to feel the burden of the Anglo-Saxon world…
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Philip Guston’s American monsters
His 1960s paintings of Ku Klux Klansmen confront the banality of evil – and retain their power to shock.
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The bones that built Britain
Winchester Cathedral’s mysterious “bone chests” tell a story of how warring kings and queens forged a new nation.
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Maggie Smith steals the show in The Miracle Club
The 88-year-old actress is a delight in this Irish film – conveying so much humour, and contempt.
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Jon Fosse and the art of tedium
The Norwegian author’s masterwork Septology finds a mysterious beauty in repetition.
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The Conservative conference can’t take its eyes off Farage
Your dose of gossip from the Manchester Central Convention Complex.
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Letter of the week: Category errors
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Cleo Watson reveals the dark arts of electioneering
In How to Win a Campaign, the former Boris Johnson aide gathers wisdom from Dominic Cummings and other political puppeteers.
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Subscriber of the week: Rob Kirkham
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Rishi Sunak is demolishing the centre he once embodied
The Prime Minister has signalled that technocratic pragmatism has had its day. This is the return of politics.
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Justin Welby: “It’s better to be woke than asleep”
The Tories decry his interventions; others say he's too conservative. Can the Archbishop of Canterbury unite a fraying Church?
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Why Sam Bankman-Fried’s deluded world-view matters
His utilitarianism reflects the culture of Silicon Valley, which wields great power over how we relate to one another.
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The challenges and threats for Labour in the world to come
A patriotic and outward-looking Starmer government could rebuild Britain’s alliances and international standing.
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What if China invaded Taiwan?
Keir Starmer has said little about his approach to foreign policy. But if he wins the next election, his premiership…
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My dinner with Putin
Also this week: party conference dress codes and a troubled peace in the Balkans.
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The Tories are driving themselves to distraction
A commitment to the car is a commitment to economic precarity.
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Sharon Graham: “Labour is too cautious. It has been immobilised”
The general secretary of Unite reflects on a new era for workers.
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