This England: Send in the artillery
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Water bills rise because we have sold off the very rain that falls on our soil
Private water companies have gorged on debt and neglected infrastructure, leaving Britain unable to deal with either drought or deluge.
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I crave human contact, mainly with someone in Sky’s technical department
With its awful hold music and bot-driven customer service, no one could have predicted the Rise of the Machines would…
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In “sniper’s alley” well-being is all about feeling in control
Apparently I should be eating 30 plants a week. It’s a plan I can get behind.
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Letter of the week: Treated like royalty
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Subscriber of the week: Alastair Beattie
Please email zuzanna.lachendro@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be featured.
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My health scare is over, so now there is space for all my other worries
At the moment I am conducting an experiment as to how long I can go without a toaster. It’s been…
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Who, in this Wild West of contraception, can you trust?
Whatever the method, reading the endless lists of side effects is a preventative in itself.
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