In this week's magazine State of Emergency

• Observations

• Columns

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    Bread, circuses and tea towels can’t stifle dissent, says Laurie Penny

    The case for disrupting the royal wedding.

    By Laurie Penny

• Features

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    The NS Interview: Ruby Wax

    “None of us has a manual on how to live life – it’s a crapshoot ”

    By Sophie Elmhirst

• Critics

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    Flying Close to the Sun: My Life and Times as a Weatherman

    Cathy Wilkerson’s memoirs of life among the Weathermen militants in 1970s New York offer healthy les

    By Hari Kunzru

• Backpages