Paul Kagame: the hidden dictator
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ByThe late MP stood and spoke for three causes on which time has drawn a veil: Labour and the economy, education, and…
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ByThe UK is still living with the mess left behind by David Cameron’s government and the chumocracy he nurtured.
ByA new book by the son of the US president is powerful on the personal – but weak on politics.…
ByA new poem by Mark Granier.
ByThorn’s paean to her friend Lindy Morrison is much more than the dynamic of a personal relationship.
ByThis detailed exploration of life at Eton slips along so gracefully that I spent the last few chapters in…
ByOur writers review My Phantoms by Riley, The Committed by Nguyen, The Musical Human by Spitzer and Identity, Ignorance, Innovation by d’Ancona.
ByNicole Holofcener’s 2013 romantic comedy captures Gandolfini’s spirit and irrepressible charm.
ByDespite bland presenters and judges, jewellery-making is a balm even the tiredest format cannot quite ruin.
ByEpisodes can be heavy in subject matter or dovetail with broader topical issues – the Windrush scandal, Brexit and…
ByI am convinced the primula is the spring flower of my affections, but be warned: it requires constant attention.
ByAs a politician, Shirley Williams was a trailblazer, engaging and popular with the public; if only her SDP co-founders, and…
ByEveryone I know has an opinion on why I have got eczema, and it is that I am stressed –…
ByAfter a year of longing for a return to “normality”, I find I don’t want it after all –…
ByThis column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s Richard II, refers to the whole of Britain…
ByThe former French ambassador to the UK discusses her career and why all politicians should avoid referendums.
BySpurs are a middling club doomed to end up middling – now made worse by a muddling, meddling manager.…
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Wesminster.
ByEmail emily.bootle@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman’s Subscriber of the Week.
ByThe anthropologist on his admiration for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Channel 4 News’s Jon Snow, and a traumatic childhood memory.
ByWeWork claimed to be about bringing an increasingly alienated population together. But we don’t need to unite through our work,…
ByThe late MP stood and spoke for three causes on which time has drawn a veil: Labour and the economy, education, and…
ByEveryone said we shouldn’t be too hard on ourselves during lockdown, so I’m being philosophical about the non-appearance of an idea…
ByOn the political economy of an unusually competitive German federal election
ByThe biggest achievement of the Duke’s life is that he leaves the British monarchy looking considerably more secure than…
ByA selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
ByThe UK is still living with the mess left behind by David Cameron’s government and the chumocracy he nurtured.
ByIn an age of diminishing deference to the royal family, it was wrong for broadcasters to exclude all other stories.
ByThe former central banker aims his observations on the climate crisis at the people with the power and money…
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