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Culture

How identity politics props up racism

There are many ways to be black, as new books by Kenan Malik and Colin Grant show –and a fixation…

By Tomiwa Owolade

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Everyone Else Burns attempts “edgy” comedy – but ends up predictable

Everyone Else Burns attempts “edgy” comedy – but ends up predictable

Rachel Cooke

The poetic history of David Graeber

Justin EH Smith

The myth of America’s love affair with guns

Sarah Churchwell

A history of Spain in 150 objects

Michael Prodger

Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans is a major and personal work

Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans is a major and personal work

Ryan Gilbey

How Nan Shepherd shaped modern nature writing

Alice Vincent

Interviews

Bret Easton Ellis: “Wokeness is running out of room”

The Weekend Interview

Bret Easton Ellis: “Wokeness is running out of room”

Will Lloyd

George McGavin Q&A: “All species live on the knife-edge of survival”

George McGavin Q&A: “All species live on the knife-edge of survival”

New Statesman

Doug Gurr: “We are potentially decades away from a mass extinction”

Energy and Climate Change

Doug Gurr: “We are potentially decades away from a mass extinction”

India Bourke

Karen Bakker Q&A: “I am insatiably curious about Earth’s long-term future”

Karen Bakker Q&A: “I am insatiably curious about Earth’s long-term future”

New Statesman

Reviews

Tár is a crafty, cryptic take on art and morality in the online age

Ryan Gilbey

The secret lives of Katherine Mansfield

Lyndall Gordon

Exposing the internet’s false prophets

Radio & Podcasts

Exposing the internet’s false prophets

Rachel Cunliffe

Book of the Day

The meaning of Tyson Fury

Declan Ryan

Happy Valley is back – and still richer and deeper than any other police procedural

Rachel Cooke

The White Lotus and the horror of the super-rich

The White Lotus and the horror of the super-rich

Rachel Cooke

The long read

In search of a language of loss

The Weekend Essay

In search of a language of loss

Is there a correct way to mourn? When my mother died, I scoured the literature of grief for answers

By Johanna Thomas-Corr