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Raymond Briggs’ genius was his understanding of loss

The writer and illustrator has died aged 88. From The Snowman to When the Wind Blows, his work was sensitive…

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Mark Haddon: “I’m quite lucky to be alive”

Mark Haddon: “I’m quite lucky to be alive”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

The conservative case for returning the Benin bronzes to Nigeria

Tomiwa Owolade

Book of the Day

Elif Batuman and the art of a real life

Emily Bootle

“The festival is more fragile than ever”: the Edinburgh Fringe wars

Anna Leszkiewicz and Bilal Aly

The 15 best books for summer 2022

The 15 best books for summer 2022

New Statesman

Book of the Day

Burning the bastards out

Roy Foster

Reviews

Book of the Day

A creed for the anthropocene

Rowan Williams

Amazon’s Arsenal documentary All or Nothing is just another corporate product

Rachel Cooke

How the super-rich live

How the super-rich live

Matthew Beaumont

Beyoncé’s Renaissance album is an exultant, daring return to sticky dancefloors

Elliot Hoste

Book of the Day

Nora Ephron and the art of self-narrative

Anna Leszkiewicz

The return of the road-trip movie

The return of the road-trip movie

David Sexton

Interviews

Margo Jefferson: “We were always performing desirable blackness”

Margo Jefferson: “We were always performing desirable blackness”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

John McEnroe’s Q&A: “You don’t win every time, no matter how good you are”

John McEnroe’s Q&A: “You don’t win every time, no matter how good you are”

New Statesman

Édouard Louis: “I dream of a world without politics”

Interviews and Profiles

Édouard Louis: “I dream of a world without politics”

Lola Seaton

Cold War Steve’s Q&A: “I still have a strong affection for the sound of a tent zip”

Cold War Steve’s Q&A: “I still have a strong affection for the sound of a tent zip”

New Statesman

The long read

The battle for the soul of English cricket

The battle for the soul of English cricket

When the former Yorkshire bowler Azeem Rafiq blew the whistle on racism within the sport, high-profile resignations and inquiries followed.…

By Emma John