Athletico Mince is Bob Mortimer at his staggering best
Bob Mortimer’s jokes never come to a terminus – his sense of humour is an endless thing.
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Syria’s forever war
BBC One’s Dublin Murders is riddled with clichés
Abandon hope all ye who approach this sagging sofa.
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Non-Fiction: unfussy, briskly shot auto-fiction
Director Olivier Assayas explores the prospects of the printed word in the digital age.
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Tricky’s memoir Hell is Round the Corner is a sterling lesson in stoicism
Despite the suicides of his mother and eldest daughter, Tricky’s prose is never self-pitying.
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Amy Arnold’s Slip of a Fish: an admirable, determined novel
This Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novel commits itself absolutely to portraying the troubled state of mind of its protagonist.
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The Outlaw Ocean: a cinematic voyage following criminals at sea
There is no lack of danger in Ian Urbina’s high sea travels; impressively, he never shies away from it.
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Karie Murphy moves out
Murphy’s removal has been spun as a temporary secondment, but there will be no return.
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First Thoughts: The Booker debacle, Japan’s rugby heroes and the Daily Mail wars – again
Facing men often two stone heavier, Japan overcame the deficit with handling skills that one sports journalist described as…
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Britain’s humble utopias: what the Stirling Prize means for council housing
Goldsmith Street is what you get when housing is designed as somewhere to live, rather than something to invest…
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Commons Confidential: the Bean Counter and the Boss
My snout was entertained to see Sajid Javid sitting next to Bruce Springsteen for the premiere of Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman.
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Hong Kong: not so special any more
A letter from Beijing on China's response to the Hong Kong riots.
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Jung Chang Q&A: “Not writing isn’t a scenario I would contemplate“
The author on communism, robots and the history of China.
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Nick Cave’s new album Ghosteen has completely floored me. In a good way
This record is the sound of a man whose whole being has been altered, possessed even, by what has…
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Faversham – where the old is everywhere, and the young walk through it like ghosts
There’s not that much to do in Faversham, except browse the charity shops and go to the pub.
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In uncertain times, keeping costs down can be crucial. Learn where your local shop stocks bargains
Helping out at a community cookery course recently I was surprised to discover few shoppers venture into the world…
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An affair of the heart where you don’t want to miss a beat
It is estimated that in England alone, some 425,000 people have unsuspected atrial fibrillation.
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Leader: The betrayal of the Kurds
The Kurdish people are used to being let down by the West, but Donald Trump's abandonment of north-eastern Syria to Erdogan…
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Letter of the week: Why we still need experts
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
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Trump wants to end America’s “forever wars” but it is Putin who has the greater control in Syria
Donald Trump's actions on Syria expose his catastrophic impulsiveness, but America's strategic incoherence and weakness goes well beyond the president.
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Labour believes its best chance to win an election is to have reached a Brexit settlement
While the Tories and Lib Dems worry about their pitch to voters if Britain leaves the EU before an election, Labour's…
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Chris Mason’s Diary: My Any Questions gig, why it’s raining harder, and my favourite new word
I enjoy a glimpse of life on the other side of the media manipulator/reporter divide as a story about my new…
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I am compelled by beautiful men who emit suffering. But beauty doesn’t bleed into the soul
When women perform pain it is seen as grotesque and manipulative. When a man does, it’s cathartic escape from what…
By Leader: The betrayal of the Kurds
The Kurdish people are used to being let down by the West, but Donald Trump's abandonment of north-eastern Syria to Erdogan…
By Trump wants to end America’s “forever wars” but it is Putin who has the greater control in Syria
Donald Trump's actions on Syria expose his catastrophic impulsiveness, but America's strategic incoherence and weakness goes well beyond the president.
By Labour believes its best chance to win an election is to have reached a Brexit settlement
While the Tories and Lib Dems worry about their pitch to voters if Britain leaves the EU before an election, Labour's…
By Letter of the week: Why we still need experts
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
By Commons Confidential: the Bean Counter and the Boss
My snout was entertained to see Sajid Javid sitting next to Bruce Springsteen for the premiere of Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman.
By Hong Kong: not so special any more
A letter from Beijing on China's response to the Hong Kong riots.
By Britain’s humble utopias: what the Stirling Prize means for council housing
Goldsmith Street is what you get when housing is designed as somewhere to live, rather than something to invest…
By First Thoughts: The Booker debacle, Japan’s rugby heroes and the Daily Mail wars – again
Facing men often two stone heavier, Japan overcame the deficit with handling skills that one sports journalist described as…
By Karie Murphy moves out
Murphy’s removal has been spun as a temporary secondment, but there will be no return.
By Chris Mason’s Diary: My Any Questions gig, why it’s raining harder, and my favourite new word
I enjoy a glimpse of life on the other side of the media manipulator/reporter divide as a story about my new…
By I am compelled by beautiful men who emit suffering. But beauty doesn’t bleed into the soul
When women perform pain it is seen as grotesque and manipulative. When a man does, it’s cathartic escape from what…
By The Outlaw Ocean: a cinematic voyage following criminals at sea
There is no lack of danger in Ian Urbina’s high sea travels; impressively, he never shies away from it.
By Amy Arnold’s Slip of a Fish: an admirable, determined novel
This Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novel commits itself absolutely to portraying the troubled state of mind of its protagonist.
By Tricky’s memoir Hell is Round the Corner is a sterling lesson in stoicism
Despite the suicides of his mother and eldest daughter, Tricky’s prose is never self-pitying.
By Non-Fiction: unfussy, briskly shot auto-fiction
Director Olivier Assayas explores the prospects of the printed word in the digital age.
By Athletico Mince is Bob Mortimer at his staggering best
Bob Mortimer’s jokes never come to a terminus – his sense of humour is an endless thing.
By BBC One’s Dublin Murders is riddled with clichés
Abandon hope all ye who approach this sagging sofa.
By In uncertain times, keeping costs down can be crucial. Learn where your local shop stocks bargains
Helping out at a community cookery course recently I was surprised to discover few shoppers venture into the world…
By Faversham – where the old is everywhere, and the young walk through it like ghosts
There’s not that much to do in Faversham, except browse the charity shops and go to the pub.
By Nick Cave’s new album Ghosteen has completely floored me. In a good way
This record is the sound of a man whose whole being has been altered, possessed even, by what has…
By An affair of the heart where you don’t want to miss a beat
It is estimated that in England alone, some 425,000 people have unsuspected atrial fibrillation.
By Jung Chang Q&A: “Not writing isn’t a scenario I would contemplate“
The author on communism, robots and the history of China.
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