What do you do?
Retired.
Where do you live?
Havant.
Do you vote?
No.
How long have you been a subscriber?
Yonks.
What made you start?
A family member recommended it.
Is the NS bug in the family?
Yes, everyone reads it.
What pages do you flick to first?
I quickly flip though the lot and then go back to the beginning.
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How do you read yours?
I read all the articles I’m most interested in and skip the others.
What would you like to see more of in the NS?
International news.
Who are your favourite NS writers?
Megan Gibson.
Who would you put on the cover of the NS?
Jürgen Klopp.
With which political figure would you least like to be stuck in a lift?
Starmer. What’s he done for us pensioners?
All-time favourite NS article?
No one article comes to mind but every week I do enjoy the Books section.
The New Statesman is…
very interesting and entertaining.
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