Jess de Boer’s Q&A: “Our bees are tough beasties to work with”
The farmer on the Kenyan political activist Wangari Maathai, SAS Rogue Heroes and why we need ego-less politicians.
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From Ferdinand Mount to Isabel Waidner: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan and Women We Buried, Women We Burned by Rachel Louise Snyder.
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My new smart meter offers more drama than anything on TV
I may now be too terrified to boil the kettle or use the toaster, oven or grill, but reader, I…
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Swifts, the universe and everything
Mark Cocker’s ode to a remarkable species makes a powerful case for the value of awe in a time of…
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A world built on trash
Oliver Franklin-Wallis’s Wasteland shows how our rubbish creates an environmental and human catastrophe.
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The women classical music forgot
Leah Broad’s Quartet restores the pioneering work and colourful lives of Britain’s finest female composers.
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Joyce Carol Oates, online and off
The novelist reflects on Twitter, autofiction and our lack of a “sense of history”.
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The striking works of the Prix Pictet shortlist
From Siân Davey to Gauri Gill, the photographers competing for the prestigious award are deeply impressive.
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Why Wimbledon is made for radio
I thought I had to see tennis to believe it – but BBC Radio 5 Live’s commentary has transported me…
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The NS Poem: Heliopause
A new poem by Maryann Corbett.
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Why the EU has out-Trumped Trump
Europe has proved far more adept at building walls than the former US president was.
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Local Conservative clubs are still clamouring for reckless right-wingers
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: Speaking clearly
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Simone Weil’s great awakening
How the French activist and thinker forged a radical new philosophy for an age of war and ideological conflict.
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“Take back control” has become “we can’t control”
The implication of Labour’s focus on “resilience” is that modern subjects are weak, inflexible and unable to cope.
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How Gen Z can save the Conservative Party
There are young thinkers that long for a party to assert cultural conservatism, and not just manage national decline.
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Why the EU cannot admit Ukraine as a member
Until the European Union undergoes deep structural change, the door will remain shut.
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Subscriber of the week: Rowan Burrows
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Milan Kundera’s identity crisis
In renouncing his homeland and despairing of European culture, the Czech novelist walks in the footsteps of Kafka.
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Something rotten
A succession of scandals has created a profound mistrust in our political and media class.
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