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ByA selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced…
ByThe greatest enemy of Brexit is Brexit itself: it could never be delivered in the terms it was promised.
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ByAs cyclists and drivers are endangered, politicians too could be toppled by the deteriorating state of our roads.
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ByThe Scottish capital is the fastest-growing UK city after Manchester – and has an opportunity to learn from London’s mistakes.…
ByMore than confinement, the novel asks questions about judgement and power.
ByThe US intellectual defends his claim that left-wing identity politics is to blame for the rise of Donald Trump.
ByBoth men understand that it is perceptions – the selling of narratives – rather than facts that really matter. …
ByHow Muslims are learning how to adapt their places of worship to 21st-century society.
ByA role like this presents a particular challenge for Everett.
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ByLabour leader improved his standing with voters at the last election, when they saw more of him on TV, and he…
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ByTheir scheme runs like Rolex clockwork. You never feel the shiver of risk.
ByFor the duration of the tournament in Russia we will discuss football and politics and the politics of football.
ByTrump prefers dictators to democratic leaders because the latter expect him to understand political complexity and nuance.
ByRona Munro and Richard Eyre have skilfully translated a novelistic monologue into a solo stage show.
ByThat combination of long stillness with moments of extraordinary speed and precision.
By“Thank God Mum isn’t here to see this,” says the boy.
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BySleep apnoea and narcolepsy were ruled out – until Ben remembered that sometimes his legs would buckle beneath him.
ByThe US novelist on great American heroes.
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