The media is damaging public life by “sanewashing” Donald Trump
Should we avoid reporting reality simply because it isn’t new? Plus: unease at the Observer and the tragic death of…
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The Budget must give people hope
The Starmer team knows it cannot succeed by offering voters no short-term improvements.
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Yahya Sinwar’s deadly mission
The late Hamas leader’s cold determination led his fellow Palestinians down a trail of terror.
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Phil Jones’s diary: hiking in the Pyrenees
Also this week: Talking to strangers and the power of collective community.
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Who upset David Lammy?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: Racism, riots and reality
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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American darkness
US politics is entrenched into two camps, each immune to appeals from the other. Between them lies a mass of…
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The secret to becoming a runner? The sweet promise of baked goods
My fitness app is helping me set realistic goals, and it’s been transformative.
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How Labour won – and how they could lose in 2029
New books by Anushka Asthana and Michael Ashcroft show that the lessons of 2024 are sobering for both parties.
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An ode to aimless wandering
After years of trudging along paths, I’ve learned to stop seeing their completion as an accomplishment.
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Labour’s Budget dilemma
The tension between a pledge to limit tax rises and the party’s rule against borrowing for day-to-day spending is showing.
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Who made Keir’s cut?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The making of Barbara Kingsolver
In Holding the Line, the author’s newly republished account of the 1983 Arizona miners’ strike, the novelist and the reporter…
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Richard Dawkins, the gene genie
The great scientist strays into speculation in The Genetic Book of the Dead, his latest defence of his “selfish gene”…
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Myths of the great statesmen
New studies of Winston Churchill and Harold Wilson show the rewards and perils of political biography.
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The Lehman Trilogy is storytelling at its finest
In Sam Mendes’s revival, an epic narrative of American capitalism is translated into thrillingly stripped-back theatre.
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Letter of the week: The public deserves better
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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The resurrection of John le Carré
In Karla’s Choice the late spy novelist’s son Nick Harkaway has revived George Smiley – but he cannot match the…
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Thought Experiment 4. Becoming a Vampire
Entering into a transformative experience means making a decision about what kind of “you” you want to be.
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Subscriber of the week: Simon Williams
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