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The New Age of Tragedy
Great-power rivalry, resource scarcity and the crumbling of the liberal rules-based order.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Great-power rivalry, resource scarcity and the crumbling of the liberal rules-based order.
ByCampaigners recognise that sport can smash through the fourth wall in a way politics and debate never can.
ByNow our album is being released, I feel like I could cry at any moment – while reaching for the…
ByThis column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByWrite to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
ByAt the turn of the century, Western leaders claimed progress was inevitable. Yet events have contradicted this “faith”.
ByBy reckoning with Britain’s nasty side, the Conservatives have claimed its soul.
ByThe former shadow chancellor is now the only leading Corbynite with the Labour whip. Can he save the party’s left…
ByWhat do we do with the art of monstrous men? Claire Dederer’s flimsy, simplistic new book has no answers.
ByThe barrister on Indiana Jones, David Guetta and why you should always go to the bathroom before going into court.
ByHow the Rossettis and their circle turned the gendered conflicts of Victorian society into art.
ByIn August 1974, Carlisle United were top of the First Division. Fans still reminisce over when their lads stuffed one…
ByThis series from the makers of Line of Duty is set in a Yorkshire hospital – and follows drugs, corruption…
ByWhen a guest arrived in black tie I thought, “Oh dear, someone has overdressed for the occasion.” Then the truth…
ByDaniel Chandler’s much-hyped new book says that, in an age of polarisation, the American philosopher offers a blueprint for society.
ByAlso featuring Audrey Golden’s oral history of women at Factory Records and A Flat Place by Noreen Masud.
ByThe screen adaptation of the bestselling book inevitably (and ideally) stars Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton – but plods along…
ByWrite to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
ByThis deep dive into a supposed life-coaching organisation is an explosive listen. I won’t spoil the ending.
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