Reviewed in short: New books by Timothy Tackett, Andrew Adonis, Helena Lee and Isabel Allende
The Glory and the Sorrow by Tackett, It’s the Leader, Stupid, by Adonis, East Side Voices edited by Lee, and Violeta by Allende.
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Freddie Hayward
Freddie Hayward is a junior reporter at the New Statesman.
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Exclusive polling: majority of British voters do not think Afghanistan mission was a success
Nearly half ultimately think the government was wrong to intervene in Afghanistan in 2001.
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Boris Johnson’s claims about wage growth: debunked
The Prime Minister told Andrew Marr UK wage growth is improving – but Britain’s data authority is considerably less…
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Are we living in the age of unpeace?
A new book by Mark Leonard argues that globalisation and connectivity is causing conflict rather than preventing it.
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Why getting aid to Afghanistan has become a moral dilemma for the West
The international community is trying to find a way to pressure the Taliban whilst also helping desperate Afghans.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: “If you disagree with the left, you’re punished”
The author and activist on culture wars, immigration and misogyny.
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“Class has dropped out of the feminist picture”: Amia Srinivasan on The Right to Sex
The Oxford philosopher on porn, Plato, and how feminism turned away from the plight of the worst-off women.
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Afghanistan is at a perilous tipping point
The speed of the Taliban advance means that the best the Afghan government can hope for is a slightly…
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Exclusive: Majority of British voters feel little connection with the people of Northern Ireland
New polling for the New Statesman may provide context for the lack of uproar in Britain over Boris Johnson’s…
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