Locking down with Kafka
How the great writer, in his airless, claustrophobic fictions, provides a guide to living in the pandemic age.
ByHow the great writer, in his airless, claustrophobic fictions, provides a guide to living in the pandemic age.
ByA French memoir of sexual abuse created a political storm – but is it, as its author suggests, “first and…
ByHis radical depictions of desire and oblivion changed the course of English poetry – and, 200 years after his…
ByWe are Bellingcat by Higgins, The Rome Plague Diaries by Kneale, The Strays of Paris by Smiley and Chauvo-Feminism by Mills.
ByBill Gates’s faith in a technological fix for climate change is typical of privileged men who think they can…
ByFort’s new book is alive to the poetry that stirs the human soul while fishing.
ByA new poem by Ali Lewis.
ByAlongside the watercolourist Thomas Girtin, Bonington was the lost boy of English romantic art.
ByIs it just a sexist trope?
ByThe indie-rock artist on freeing her faith – and her songwriting – from the constraints of ideology.
BySerious, high-minded and brilliant – this is a stunning lesson in not patronising audiences.
ByJane Campion’s 2003 film is an ugly, frightening exploration of the danger that comes with being a woman attracted…
ByCan the corporation save itself and the nation from fake news and culture wars?
ByA strict curfew, tough police measures and rising crime mean tensions are running high in the French capital.
ByThe Prime Minister is enjoying a vaccine bounce. But can he open up a decisive lead over Keir Starmer?
ByWhen men learn to separate the idea of personhood from the idea of sex, it enables the darkest of…
ByThe costs of confusing public health messaging are suffered more by some groups – such as those who speak little…
ByPatel has always been an arch-opportunist, just like the buzzard – but I’m afraid Starmer is as grey as a…
ByAmerican censure of foreign human rights abuses felt especially hollow under Donald Trump, but the US’s moral authority was weakened…
ByEnforced isolation has brought less familiar pleasures, such as finally getting my bookshelves in order.
ByFour live games on Saturday, four again on Sunday. And did I watch them all? Of course I did.
ByEmail emily.bootle@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman's Subscriber of the Week.
ByThis column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s Richard II, refers to the whole of Britain…
ByMaking something from nothing this lockdown has soothed everything, except my bank balance.
ByI feel we all are in our own versions of Waiting for Godot. Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes,…
ByAround 65 per cent of Covid patients suffer from anosmia, leaving foods tasting rotten and metallic.
ByA party which seeks to abandon its ideas-driven youth wing is doomed to failure, something all successful Labour leaders…
ByThe Conservatives seem to have forgotten about the people who were once their most faithful supporters, and created a market…
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByThe former Bernie Sanders adviser on why the pandemic has shown the US and UK governments can never run out of…
ByThe theme of Framing Britney Spears is an ancient one: the disempowerment of a woman on the grounds of mental instability.
ByA selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
ByThe broadcaster is a force for the common good and a flawed but necessary institution.
ByA new poem by Ali Lewis.
ByWe are Bellingcat by Higgins, The Rome Plague Diaries by Kneale, The Strays of Paris by Smiley and Chauvo-Feminism by Mills.
ByIs it just a sexist trope?
ByBill Gates’s faith in a technological fix for climate change is typical of privileged men who think they can…
BySerious, high-minded and brilliant – this is a stunning lesson in not patronising audiences.
ByJane Campion’s 2003 film is an ugly, frightening exploration of the danger that comes with being a woman attracted…
ByFort’s new book is alive to the poetry that stirs the human soul while fishing.
ByThe indie-rock artist on freeing her faith – and her songwriting – from the constraints of ideology.
ByAround 65 per cent of Covid patients suffer from anosmia, leaving foods tasting rotten and metallic.
ByThe Conservatives seem to have forgotten about the people who were once their most faithful supporters, and created a market…
ByThis column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s Richard II, refers to the whole of Britain…
ByThe former Bernie Sanders adviser on why the pandemic has shown the US and UK governments can never run out of…
ByMaking something from nothing this lockdown has soothed everything, except my bank balance.
ByI feel we all are in our own versions of Waiting for Godot. Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes,…
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByFour live games on Saturday, four again on Sunday. And did I watch them all? Of course I did.
ByA party which seeks to abandon its ideas-driven youth wing is doomed to failure, something all successful Labour leaders…
ByEmail emily.bootle@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman's Subscriber of the Week.
ByWhen men learn to separate the idea of personhood from the idea of sex, it enables the darkest of…
ByThe costs of confusing public health messaging are suffered more by some groups – such as those who speak little…
ByEnforced isolation has brought less familiar pleasures, such as finally getting my bookshelves in order.
ByPatel has always been an arch-opportunist, just like the buzzard – but I’m afraid Starmer is as grey as a…
ByAmerican censure of foreign human rights abuses felt especially hollow under Donald Trump, but the US’s moral authority was weakened…
ByThe Prime Minister is enjoying a vaccine bounce. But can he open up a decisive lead over Keir Starmer?
ByA selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
ByThe broadcaster is a force for the common good and a flawed but necessary institution.
ByThe theme of Framing Britney Spears is an ancient one: the disempowerment of a woman on the grounds of mental instability.
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