Rupert Murdoch’s family blood sport
A new exposé reveals how he governed his family, his business and the world, unable to tell them apart
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Was this French cowboy the first fascist?
The eccentric life of Marquis de Morès, anti-Semitic rabble-rouser
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Inside Sudan’s perpetual war
As rival forces fight for control of Sudan, its people sink further into crisis
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Pornhub’s harm will never be undone
Access to videos of violent, degrading, absurd sex hasn’t been good for girls or boys
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Peter Mandelson is gone, and so is New Labour
Blairism is destined for the “sealed tomb” in which it once buried the hard left
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Letter of the week: A certain idea of Britain
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Peter Mandelson’s hypnotic presence is gone from politics for good
Also: Keir Starmer’s “Zugzwang” moment, and why books are back
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Facebook druids herald the spring
They blow incense into my face, hissing the word “commitment”
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What the Epstein files reveal about Britain’s power structures
They are inherently radicalising
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Sajid Javid rehearses his greatest hits
Someone asked what decision he regretted. He struggled to answer. Perhaps I can help
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Mandelson’s adoration of wealth and power reaches its inevitable conclusion
Peter Mandelson’s career sheds light on his party’s ideological fragility
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The decline and fall of the samurai
There was more to the warriors than a readiness to die for honour
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The Ice backlash won’t stop Maga
Trump’s partial de-escalation over the operation in Minneapolis was little more than a tactical retreat
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Pedro Sánchez: Europe’s left-wing icon
Spain’s prime minister on how progressive politics can win on its own terms
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Letter of the week: Return to Europe
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I cannot escape podcasts
Also this week: fickle New Year’s resolutions and bidding adieu to an old cinematic friend
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When is it progressive to be conservative?
Like Captain Haddock, we are all struggling to keep up with our febrile world
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Will the Ice killings put voters off Reform?
Also: on Labour’s Burnham tactics, and the downstream impact of art galleries
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At the Harry Potter studios, I find the last remnants of Britain’s moral authority
Don’t you see? This tour is not proof of the UK’s soft power, but a fossil of it
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Beer and Sandwiches: At the Denbigh Castle in Liverpool
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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