
When people ask, “Could Trump happen here?” I often think about Dancing on Ice
Offered the chance to see skating performed by dedicated professionals, most of Britain would rather see it done badly by…
ByOffered the chance to see skating performed by dedicated professionals, most of Britain would rather see it done badly by…
ByA country that long ago lost its taste for political gambles of the Cameron variety.
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ByBook documents Turner moving closer and closer to Epping Forest, a site so filled with otherness and sex that…
ByArguably, what we’re doing online or on a screen is more important than how long we’re doing it for.
ByObioma’s second novel is a shaggy dog story about a hapless young poultry farmer.
ByIf I had a magic wand by which to annul Brexit now, I would not use it.
ByRoupenian bites unsparingly into the darkest chambers of the human heart.
ByI confess to having placed money on Leave as a kind of pathetic insurance policy.
ByGermany’s commitment to austerity and its refusal to support fundamental reform of the euro is recklessly complacent.
ByThe author of Winners Take All on how the “fake change” offered by billionaires such as Mark Zuckerberg perpetuates “systems of…
ByA new poem by Tarn MacArthur.
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ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByThe title has a double-meaning but I’d suggest a third: watching the film feels like having your head stuck…
ByFaced with rising pupil numbers, increasingly complex needs and inherited social work from stricken councils, teachers feel profoundly neglected.
ByIt is a joy to hear Matt Lucas and Matthew Parris delivering facts about Mercury fast and openly, without…
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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…
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ByWhen you get into the noisy coach, though, your expectations are different. You resign yourself to pandemonium.
ByIf you disappear from the scene, people will start to miss you.
ByA new baby is better than any mindfulness app for dragging you fully into the present moment.
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ByTwo things are guaranteed to raise a laugh with TV audiences: one is Boris Johnson, the other is Labour’s…
ByThe broadcaster talks Killing Eve, Shirley Williams, and Stop Drifting, Start Rowing by Roz Savage.
ByTheresa May’s husband of nearly 40 years is her sounding board for every significant decision and speech.
ByAs a consequence of Brexit, the UK faces the prospect not merely of an independent Scotland but also a…
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