John Carey: The last public critic
A distinguished Oxford academic and newspaper critic, Carey has been a cultural influencer for 50 years. He is a…
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The second wave
After riots in Paris, the smoke is clearing over the city
Following five nights of unrest, a fraught but fragile calm has returned to the poor suburbs of northern Paris,…
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Caught in the second wave
The risk of a deadly resurgence of coronavirus could change the way we live for years to come.
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The coronavirus pandemic shows why the West must transform its economic logic
We must end our dogmatic reliance on global supply chains and adopt “just-in-case” thinking.
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How our mental health is shaped by nature
Stuck indoors, many of us yearn for green spaces. But scientists are only beginning to grasp how the natural world helps…
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Inside the Trump nursery
The 45th president of the US acts like a toddler – and his aides treat him like one too.
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How to handle an uncertain future
Why accepting the unknown can be a radical proposition.
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My Grandfather’s Measure
In memory of Albert Peters, 1900-52.
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The greats outdoors: Christen Købke’s simple, striking landscapes
Our series on landscapes continues with Christen Købke who, in art and life, ignored turbulent emotions and sought contentment.
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The Assistant: a minimalist #MeToo drama
Kitty Green uses absences and ellipses to depict the destruction caused by a predatory producer.
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The dull broadcasting trend of pairing experts with comics
Radio 4 is now completely obsessed with adding comedians to shows from historians, scientists, naturalists or linguists.
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BBC Two’s Becoming Matisse is an unexpected blessing
Here is art that transcends the darkness. Here, always, is colour.
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Is this the end of the oil era?
Unless the Covid-19 depression is followed by a rigorous transition to renewable energy, peak oil will return.
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How a polio outbreak led to the invention of modern intensive care
One doctor’s innovation saved a generation of children and changed medical practice.
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First Thoughts: Johnson talks while Ardern acts, ads in the air, and the FT’s media hacker
New Zealand has had only 19 deaths among its 4.8 million population.
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An anti-self-help true believer
Kate Bowler, the religious historian with a tough message about suffering.
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Commons Confidential: Grayling’s grey matter
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the Week: Consult the vulnerable
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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Leader: The question of national resilience
Even as they confront Covid-19, Britain and the world must prepare for the threat of future pandemics.
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Trapped at home with no hope of dining out, I’ve rediscovered the vicarious pleasures of armchair travel
From my cramped London flat, I have been from the Hook of Holland to the Golden Horn, and across…
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Husband and I have put the kids to bed early. We are having a “date night” in our dining room
Our date has kicked off with a long silence. What, after all, do you say to a person you have…
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While panting joggers endanger everyone’s health, at least I only endanger my own
The jogger thundered past me, closer than anyone has been for a month, panting and spraying God knows what…
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I’m in lockdown in rural Scotland with my in-laws, three dogs and a cat who is my nemesis
If you had told me six months ago that this would be my reality, I would have asked why…
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Diana Evans Q&A: “The worthiest heroism is grossly undervalued“
The novelist on what she's missing in lockdown, Angela Davis and Arundhati Roy, and our everyday heroes.
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Politicians must do more than simply listen to expert advice – they need to challenge it
The soothing phrase “guided by the science” means very little.
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Americans are drinking bleach because of Trump – and still Republicans stand by him
Senators continue to insist that the problem is anything but the president.
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This is the longest I have gone without being touched. My body is starting to feel like a stranger
Now that my body is alone, it is dissected. It lives only in images, in pieces.
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The euro-gloomsters are wrong to use every crisis to predict the imminent collapse of the EU
Coronavirus has unleashed the latest round of doom-mongering.
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David Hare’s Diary: Surviving Covid-19, giving up drinking and the Guardian, and what Cummings gets wrong
It was a defeat finally to buy a Murdoch newspaper.
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Can Boris Johnson resolve the conflict between lockdown hawks and doves as the economic crisis deepens?
The way forward may not be for the lockdown to be stopped or extended, but for ministers to plan a…
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Editor’s Note: Bryan Magee and the candle of mortality, and what the BBC News at Ten is getting wrong
The philosopher was a self-described agnostic and remained open to the possibility that death was not the absolute end.
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Without an army of contact tracers, Matt Hancock’s 100,000 daily virus tests will be useless
The best estimates are that the test will correctly identify at most 70 per cent of cases, and even that…
By Politicians must do more than simply listen to expert advice – they need to challenge it
The soothing phrase “guided by the science” means very little.
By This is the longest I have gone without being touched. My body is starting to feel like a stranger
Now that my body is alone, it is dissected. It lives only in images, in pieces.
By Americans are drinking bleach because of Trump – and still Republicans stand by him
Senators continue to insist that the problem is anything but the president.
By The euro-gloomsters are wrong to use every crisis to predict the imminent collapse of the EU
Coronavirus has unleashed the latest round of doom-mongering.
By Without an army of contact tracers, Matt Hancock’s 100,000 daily virus tests will be useless
The best estimates are that the test will correctly identify at most 70 per cent of cases, and even that…
By Can Boris Johnson resolve the conflict between lockdown hawks and doves as the economic crisis deepens?
The way forward may not be for the lockdown to be stopped or extended, but for ministers to plan a…
By My Grandfather’s Measure
In memory of Albert Peters, 1900-52.
By David Hare’s Diary: Surviving Covid-19, giving up drinking and the Guardian, and what Cummings gets wrong
It was a defeat finally to buy a Murdoch newspaper.
By First Thoughts: Johnson talks while Ardern acts, ads in the air, and the FT’s media hacker
New Zealand has had only 19 deaths among its 4.8 million population.
By An anti-self-help true believer
Kate Bowler, the religious historian with a tough message about suffering.
By The Assistant: a minimalist #MeToo drama
Kitty Green uses absences and ellipses to depict the destruction caused by a predatory producer.
By The dull broadcasting trend of pairing experts with comics
Radio 4 is now completely obsessed with adding comedians to shows from historians, scientists, naturalists or linguists.
By BBC Two’s Becoming Matisse is an unexpected blessing
Here is art that transcends the darkness. Here, always, is colour.
By Commons Confidential: Grayling’s grey matter
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By Letter of the Week: Consult the vulnerable
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
By Trapped at home with no hope of dining out, I’ve rediscovered the vicarious pleasures of armchair travel
From my cramped London flat, I have been from the Hook of Holland to the Golden Horn, and across…
By Editor’s Note: Bryan Magee and the candle of mortality, and what the BBC News at Ten is getting wrong
The philosopher was a self-described agnostic and remained open to the possibility that death was not the absolute end.
By While panting joggers endanger everyone’s health, at least I only endanger my own
The jogger thundered past me, closer than anyone has been for a month, panting and spraying God knows what…
By I’m in lockdown in rural Scotland with my in-laws, three dogs and a cat who is my nemesis
If you had told me six months ago that this would be my reality, I would have asked why…
By Husband and I have put the kids to bed early. We are having a “date night” in our dining room
Our date has kicked off with a long silence. What, after all, do you say to a person you have…
By Leader: The question of national resilience
Even as they confront Covid-19, Britain and the world must prepare for the threat of future pandemics.
By Diana Evans Q&A: “The worthiest heroism is grossly undervalued“
The novelist on what she's missing in lockdown, Angela Davis and Arundhati Roy, and our everyday heroes.
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