In the house of Harry Styles
The pop star’s fans have their tricks and traditions to make a stadium gig feel as intimate as possible.
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What Cormac McCarthy knew
The American novelist understood the bleak truth that the world defies human understanding or control.
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Pathologies of a president
A new book revisits Freud’s analysis of Woodrow Wilson to ask: how much do leaders’ psychologies shape our politics?
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Penury is the mother of invention, so I now put dirt-cheap red plonk in the fridge
I am having to get by on £4.30 a day. This is, to put it mildly, sub-optimal.
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In my renter’s mind, a broken boiler valve means I might have to rethink my entire life
I collect, compulsively, stories from friends of rents being raised in response to maintenance requests.
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Wendy Mitchell’s Q&A: “It wasn’t until I had dementia that books became a joy”
The campaigner on living with her diagnosis, Barack Obama and her love of Gogglebox.
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From Brandon Taylor to Stuart Maconie: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Blue Machine by Helen Czerski and Is This OK? by Harriet Gibsone.
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There will be blood
Motherhood is the most profound metamorphosis most women will go through. Why is this process so overlooked?
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The family doctor knows best
A sweeping history of the NHS and one GP’s inside account of a long career on the front line.
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In Asteroid City, Wes Anderson is beyond parody
As a trend for homages to his work explodes, the director doubles down on his mannerisms in his most affected…
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My first days in charge of the Evening Standard prompt a return to office habits
Also this week: a word of warning for Sadiq Khan and reflecting on the new age of AI journalism.
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The sick society
How Big Pharma and the charity health sector are making us a nation of the worried well.
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Brexit has an upside: Britain could dominate in high-tech goods and services
The EU has slept through the digital revolution. The UK can capitalise on this, if it prioritises data over diplomacy.
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The NS Poem: maples
A new poem by Claudine Toutoungi.
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Subscriber of the week: Clara Beasley-Murray
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The tug of war over Boris Johnson’s honours list is also a contest for favour from the Tory press
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: The Treasury tyranny
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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How Silvio Berlusconi privatised democracy
Throughout his career, the Italian politician combined extravagance and offence with a fundamental hollowness.
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This England: Get your ducks in a row
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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The fall of the unpopular populist
Boris Johnson refusal to face a potential by-election is a reflection of his diminished standing.
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