A new age of volatility
Hamas’ recent brutal attack on Israel reconfirms that the post-Cold War era of Western triumphalism is over.
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The Hamas attack was driven by a brutal ideology
The atrocities committed against Israeli civilians have roots in the same fanaticism activists face in Iran.
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No 10 strategists are wrong to think Keir Starmer is weak
The Labour leader has treated past embarrassments in his party with much more ruthlessness than Rishi Sunak has done.
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From Clinton Heylin to AK Blakemore: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring The Right to Rule by Ben Riley-Smith and One Fine Day by Matthew Parker.
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The left’s slide in Germany is a warning for Labour
In power, Olaf Scholz’s coalition offers no answers for a country that has lost its competitive edge in the world.…
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Fear and glitter at the Labour Party conference
After a TV grilling, Sir Keir delivered his speech in the guise of an accountant lost in Glasto.
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How Michael Lewis fell for Sam Bankman-Fried
In Going Infinite, the author fails to see the limits of his subject’s intelligence.
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The BBC’s Jimmy Savile drama is entirely gratuitous
The Reckoning exposes a rotten culture that serves up stories about abused women for entertainment.
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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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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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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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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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