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We need better social media – not no social media

The internet made me who I am

By Rachel Cunliffe

Alice and Steve is an embarrassing mess

This TV series has no right to call itself a comedy

By Nicholas Harris

Billy Budd’s epic universality

A collaboration between three geniuses of different forms, this is truly Britain’s greatest opera

By Sameer Rahim

George Forster: Enlightenment iconoclast

Andrea Wulf returns to the world of 18th-century intellectual adventurers, with a life of the naturalist George Forster

By Nikhil Krishnan

Andy Burnham must embrace “normie populism”

Declare war on the Nimbys, the landlords, the management consultants and the vulture capitalists

By Oli Dugmore

Andy Burnham’s Wagnerian triumph

British politics this week has been less soap opera, and more German opera

By Tom McTague

Sandra Oh is getting cancelled in The Misanthrope

Whose side should we be on in this gender-flipped reimagining of Molière’s social satire?

By Rachel Cunliffe

The northern conquest

Andy Burnham’s march on No 10 was swift, ruthless and meticulously planned. Now comes the hard part

By Ailbhe Rea

Andy Burnham does a Lenin

The epic register does not come naturally to British politics

By Will Lloyd

World Cup tickets are a scandal

But it still feels good to watch Scotland win

By Gordon Brown

Burnham’s supporters are still nervous

Is the new MP vulnerable on his left?

By Ethan Croft

The twilight of our European dream

Ten years after the referendum, the old world is gone

By Tom McTague

Lola Young isn’t messy on stage

In her first London show after taking a break from performing, the singer is more together than in the studio

By Kate Mossman

Glengarry Glen Ross is pulling its punches

The all-female cast of David Mamet’s Pulitzer-winning play is a confusing attempt at timelessness and modern social commentary

By Luke O’Reilly

How British politics became a brand war

Voters are shopping for a better deal

By Anoosh Chakelian

Staying up for Scotland

And for England, so long as they’re not playing Scotland!

By Hunter Davies

Put some respect on aeroplane food

You’ll eat what you’re given and you’ll like it

By Finn McRedmond

Poetry’s debt to birdsong

The creatures of the air have for centuries inspired some of our finest writing, and they still do

By Jonathan Bate

Letter of the week: The great blame game

Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine

By New Statesman

Can Virgin Island heal the nation’s incels?

This is a refreshingly positive piece of reality TV

By Rachel Cunliffe