<![CDATA[Life & Society]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society en There’s no contest for the Cup Losers’ Cup http://www.newstatesman.com/sport/2012/01/cup-league-channel-football http://www.newstatesman.com/sport/2012/01/cup-league-channel-football Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:57:00 GMT Jon Bernstein Is there a more damning chant than "Thursday nights/Channel 5"?

]]> Enough of this royal deference http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2012/02/marr-royal-queen-long http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2012/02/marr-royal-queen-long Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:27:34 GMT Laurie Penny Traditional BBC objectivity seems to have been suspended for Andrew Marr's hour-long propaganda roll.

]]> The NS Interview: Vivienne Westwood http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2012/02/interview-climate-fashion-hero http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2012/02/interview-climate-fashion-hero Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:16:24 GMT Jemima Khan “Prince Charles is my hero – and Robert Fisk and Lily Cole”

]]> End of the hairy lefties? http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2012/02/george-carey-church-bishops http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2012/02/george-carey-church-bishops Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:16:14 GMT Giles Fraser The right-wing press loves George Carey for his outbursts against the “undeserving poor” and homosexuality, but the new core in the Church of England remains determined to fight the Tory cuts.

]]> There’s something about Harry http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/01/harry-football-cleared-court http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/01/harry-football-cleared-court Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT Sophie Elmhirst As Redknapp is cleared of tax evasion, he still captures hearts.

]]> I need a new young, female housemate (not in a pervy way) http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2012/02/laurie-young-hovel-write-long http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2012/02/laurie-young-hovel-write-long Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Nicholas Lezard

]]> When it comes to footie, Africa puts the Windies in the shade http://www.newstatesman.com/sport/2012/02/west-africa-players-football http://www.newstatesman.com/sport/2012/02/west-africa-players-football Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Hunter Davies

]]> When the lights went out http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2012/02/energy-wild-power-lights http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2012/02/energy-wild-power-lights Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT John Burnside

]]> 3am eternal http://www.newstatesman.com/non-fiction/2012/02/night-world-garden-insomnia http://www.newstatesman.com/non-fiction/2012/02/night-world-garden-insomnia Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT David Harsent Insomnia is a secret life, whose lonely, wakeful hours reveal a different version of reality. The poet David Harsent describes his experience of a world in which nothing is quite as it seems.

]]> Occupational hazards http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2012/01/occupy-movement-occupiers-paul http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2012/01/occupy-movement-occupiers-paul Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:10:34 GMT Laurie Penny As eviction looms at St Paul’s, the protesters are struggling with the hardship of months spent sleeping rough. So is there a future for this global movement?

]]> How the coalition can help poorer students http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/01/students-fees-education-system http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/01/students-fees-education-system Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:42:26 GMT Owen Corrigan The system and its generous provisions need to be aggressively marketed.

]]> Game-show philosophy and the pain of getting Eagletoned http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2012/01/philosophy-eagleton-religion http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2012/01/philosophy-eagleton-religion Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Alain de Botton

]]> These days, writers are lucky to be taken for a sandwich at Subway http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2012/01/penguin-lunch-work-days-couple http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2012/01/penguin-lunch-work-days-couple Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Nicholas Lezard

]]> The golden bullet http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2012/01/gold-atoms-chemical-particles http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2012/01/gold-atoms-chemical-particles Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Michael Brooks

]]> Leader: Now is Mr Cameron’s chance to halt the NHS sell-off http://www.newstatesman.com/health/2012/01/health-service-nhs-reforms http://www.newstatesman.com/health/2012/01/health-service-nhs-reforms Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:51:56 GMT The health service must not be transformed into a market free-for-all.

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