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23 August 2023

Subscriber of the Week: Anthony Wilson

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A poet and university lecturer. I published my first poem in the New Statesman in 1986.

Where do you live?

Exeter.

Do you vote?

Always.

How long have you been a subscriber?

Five years.

What made you start?

I needed an antidote to all the right-wing media.

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It’s read by others in the smaller rooms of the house.

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I check that Nicholas Lezard is still alive, then Rachel Cooke’s review, then the politics.

How do you read yours?

Back to front.

What would you like to see more of in the NS?

Climate optimism and poets.

Who are your favourite NS writers?

Andrew Marr, Melissa Harrison.

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Gail Bradbrook.

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Suella Braverman.

All-time favourite NS article?

Melissa Harrison on solastalgia.

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This article appears in the 23 Aug 2023 issue of the New Statesman, Inside Britain’s Exclusive Sect