Beer and sandwiches: At the Garnet in Norwich
This column is our weekly pub review, written by pintsmen, women and children across the nation. Suggestions to letters@newstatesman.co.uk
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NS Poem: Weekend visits
A new poem by Christopher Horton
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Franz Kafka’s ten apostles
The Mitteleuropean writer owes much of his fame to the gifted translators who took his words out of German and…
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Why do Britain’s streets feel so scary?
Failing the vulnerable fails everyone
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Letter of the week: The Gulf’s porous loyalties
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How to laugh at the lanyard class
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The case for spending on defence
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“Internally displaced” doesn’t do justice to those now living on Lebanon’s streets
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The tech execs haggling the “cost to kill”
At Britain’s premier defence conference, death is in demand
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The message of A Doll’s House is unbound by time
A new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s renowned play emphasises the performance’s universality – but the characters leave much to be…
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