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Salman Rushdie shows us that free speech is life itself

Rushdie knows how vital, how serious the business of storytelling is. Yet in my encounters with him he never took…

By Erica Wagner

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Who wants to be “normal”?

Who wants to be “normal”?

Sophie McBain

Do “great artists” really “steal”?

Clara Aberneithie

Raymond Briggs’ genius was his understanding of loss

Megan Nolan

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

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Elif Batuman and the art of a real life

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

Reviews

The mysterious life of Inez Holden

DJ Taylor

Book of the Day

A creed for the anthropocene

Rowan Williams

A life without peace

Book of the Day

A life without peace

Jeremy Noel-Tod

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

Rachel Cooke

How the super-rich live

Matthew Beaumont

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

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

Elliot Hoste

Interviews

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

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

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

A battle for the soul of English cricket

A battle for the soul of English cricket

When the former Yorkshire bowler Azeem Rafiq blew the whistle on racism, resignations and inquiries followed. Has anything changed?

By Emma John