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Can the new Gawker make the internet better?

Editor-in-chief of the relaunched Gawker, Leah Finnegan, talks about media cravenness, the problem with Twitter and how to make a…

By Sarah Manavis

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Amol Rajan’s The Princes and the Press reveals the parasitical sycophancy of royal correspondents

Amol Rajan’s The Princes and the Press reveals the parasitical sycophancy of royal correspondents

Rachel Cooke

Why a 2015 Norwegian drama is suddenly the most relevant thing on TV

Will Dunn

What can Adam Phillips teach us?

Lola Seaton

The Brit Awards’ decision to remove gendered categories will liberate everyone

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog is a Western brimming with menace

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog is a Western brimming with menace

Ryan Gilbey

Zadie Smith’s stage debut is a filthy, feminist reworking of Chaucer

Katherine Cowles

Interviews

Bobby Gillespie: “The drugs were an integral part of the persona”

The Culture Interview

Bobby Gillespie: “The drugs were an integral part of the persona”

Kate Mossman

Emily Ratajkowski interview: “I used to think feminism was women hustling”

The Culture Interview

Emily Ratajkowski interview: “I used to think feminism was women hustling”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

David Thewlis Q&A: “When would I like to live? Any time before all this nonsense began”

David Thewlis Q&A: “When would I like to live? Any time before all this nonsense began”

New Statesman

Mary Gaitskill: “The definition of rape has changed a lot”

Mary Gaitskill: “The definition of rape has changed a lot”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Reviews

What the history of the vacuum cleaner tells us about our attitudes to work

Anna Leszkiewicz

How Britain was built on coal

Robert Colls

There’s no denying it: Adele’s new album is a classic

There’s no denying it: Adele’s new album is a classic

Emily Bootle

Nina Mingya Powles’s Small Bodies of Water blends memoir, criticism and nature writing

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

King Richard is a feelgood rehearsal of the American dream

David Sexton

The triumphs and travails of Andrew Mitchell

The triumphs and travails of Andrew Mitchell

Simon Heffer

The long read

Books of the year

Books of the year

New Statesman writers and guests choose their favourite reading of 2021.

By New Statesman