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Queen Elizabeth II’s unhappy birthday

The assumptions behind Queen Elizabeth II’s monarchy are dissolving before us

By Nicholas Harris

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The dark heart of the kidfluencer industry

The dark heart of the kidfluencer industry

Ella Dorn

Lena Dunham and the art monster

Kate Mossman

Beer and sandwiches: At the Garnet in Norwich

New Statesman

Expensive salad bowls are stupid

Finn McRedmond

Nothing could stop me visiting an exhibition about gay bikers

Nothing could stop me visiting an exhibition about gay bikers

Nicholas Lezard

The Wizard of the Kremlin has no magic

David Sexton

Interviews

My evening with Robert De Niro

The New Statesman Interview

My evening with Robert De Niro

Freddie Hayward

Ai Weiwei: “Maybe I’m still seeking trouble”

The Culture Interview

Ai Weiwei: “Maybe I’m still seeking trouble”

Michael Prodger

Choreographer Wayne McGregor: Art should not fear technology

The Culture Interview

Choreographer Wayne McGregor: Art should not fear technology

Zuzanna Lachendro

The world’s most powerful literary critic is on TikTok

The world’s most powerful literary critic is on TikTok

George Monaghan

Reviews

Liza Minnelli doesn’t need your pity

Gerry Brakus

Les Liaisons Dangereuses brilliantly displays the power of emotions

Zuzanna Lachendro

Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg and the death of the Hollywood dream

Book of the Day

Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg and the death of the Hollywood dream

Ella Dorn

Lily Allen’s revenge tour

Kate Mossman

The female painters who redefined the British landscape

Michael Prodger

The perils of adapting Kazuo Ishiguro

The perils of adapting Kazuo Ishiguro

David Sexton

The long read

The feminisation mystique: who ruined the West?

The feminisation mystique: who ruined the West?

If we must blame something, blame capitalism

By Caitlín Doherty