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ByMullan's The Artful Dickens, Robinson's Jack, Strangio's In the Dragon's Shadow, and James's The Fire of Joy.
ByThere is a great, third kingdom of life lying hidden at our feet – that of the fungi.
ByA new poem by John Kinsella.
ByViewers may find Bill Murray less charming than the film does in this breezy father-daughter caper.
ByThe docudrama’s exploration of the “honour killing” of Mahmod was deftly, delicately done.
ByBBC Radio 4’s I Was Georgia O’Keeffe’s Five Year Companion was a short but vivid look at life with…
ByThe New Statesman’s recommendations for the best new reads to enjoy as the nights draw in.
ByThis column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
ByThe Tories’ proposed elevation of Paul Dacre and Charles Moore is audacious but don’t expect a fight from the…
ByEmail emily.bootle@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman’s Subscriber of the Week.
ByAfter realising our ancestors would never have chosen to work out, the evolutionary biologist wrote “an anti-bullshit book” on health and exercise.
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByEating lots of diverse plants is one way to support the immune system, but there is no magic…
ByThe anti-corruption cause is imperative – and it invites us to imagine the recasting of progressive politics.
By“Ikea,” says everyone, but I'm not wild about making my own furniture. Call me old-fashioned, but isn’t that someone…
ByAs my youngest leaves for university, I realise the effect Covid-19 has had on family life: both separation and…
ByHumanity is likely to deal successfully with the climate crisis, but it needs to believe that it can.
ByThere may be no cheering crowds – but the game is still as reckless, relentless and eccentric as ever.
ByOnce, when my card was declined as I tried to get the Tube, I called to let him know…
ByThe author talks Fleabag, Leonard Cohen, and the US president.
ByThe two parties have differing intellectual traditions, dispositions and priorities, but their fates are entwined.
ByAs much as I have missed live festivals, there are things about holding digital events during the Covid crisis…
ByA selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
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ByJohnson wanted to end the era of the super-chancellor, yet Sunak is the Tories’ most popular politician.
ByThe pandemic has exposed the fragility of the British state after a decade of disastrous austerity.
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