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American hubris

The US is addicted to greatness – and haunted by its loss.

By Adam Tooze

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The restoration of the coffeehouse

The restoration of the coffeehouse

Jeremy Cliffe

We held a Christmas ceasefire in 1914. Surely we can manage a Brexit truce now?

Armando Iannucci

Why Brexit is back

The Tory exodus is a sign of a failing party – and system

David Gauke

The best albums of 2022

The best albums of 2022

New Statesman

Netflix’s Harry & Meghan can’t disguise how much of this story doesn’t add up

Rachel Cooke

Quickfire

Meghan's Netflix documentary is made for Americans like me, not British people

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Meghan’s Netflix documentary is made for Americans like me, not British people

Charlotte Kilpatrick

ChatGPT proves that AI still has a racism problem

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ChatGPT proves that AI still has a racism problem

Ido Vock

Politics

Can anyone save the Tory party?

Many Conservative MPs seem either not to have noticed or not to care about the impending doom facing the party.

By John Oxley

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Keir Starmer: “Am I aiming to be just a one-term prime minister? No, of course not”

The Politics Interview

Keir Starmer: “Am I aiming to be just a one-term prime minister? No, of course not”

Rachel Wearmouth

Conor McGinn has Labour whip suspended following complaint

Rachel Wearmouth

Labour’s manipulation of selection contests reveals its emptiness of purpose

Even in a season of goodwill, I look back in anger at the Tory mess that was 2022

Andrew Marr

Which Tory MPs are standing down at the next general election?

Which Tory MPs are standing down at the next general election?

Zoë Grünewald

Labour’s constitutional radicalism is what a broken system needs

Andrew Marr

From Our Writers

Rachel Cunliffe

Matt Hancock’s Pandemic Diaries are a delusional piece of self-aggrandising fan fiction

Martin Fletcher

When will Boris Johnson and his gang finally leave us in peace?

Pravina Rudra

Am I unwoke for not wanting an open relationship?

Tomiwa Owolade

Immigration isn’t undermining British religiousness – it’s the only thing sustaining it

World

What Kim Jong Un really wants

North Korea’s leader has started his second decade in power with a slew of missile tests and revealed his young daughter to the world. What is his endgame?

By John Delury

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China is lifting “zero Covid” controls. What happens next could be devastating

China is lifting “zero Covid” controls. What happens next could be devastating

Katie Stallard

Europe’s far-right parties are learning from one another

Ido Vock

Jens Stoltenberg: “We will support Ukraine for as long as it takes”

Megan Gibson

Estonia supports Ukraine because we know the devastation of Russian imperialism

Kaja Kallas

Germany’s far-right plot shows how old and new forms of extremism are fusing

Germany’s far-right plot shows how old and new forms of extremism are fusing

Jeremy Cliffe

Nick Fuentes: the white supremacist travelling with Kanye West

Emily Tamkin

Ideas

“Justice cannot be the lodestar of a new society”

Gavin Jacobson

Bruno Latour and the philosophy of life

Adam Tooze

The left’s patient gardener

The left’s patient gardener

Richard Seymour

When finance and oil collide

Helen Thompson

Why are Americans dying so early?

Nick Burns

Elon Musk’s useful philosopher

Elon Musk’s useful philosopher

Paris Marx

Books and Culture

The New Statesman’s best books of 2022

Our choice of the year’s essential fiction and non-fiction.

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Why Rome had no culture wars

Why Rome had no culture wars

Rowan Williams

The flawed promise of grammar schools

How Sensation turned British art into big business

Michael Prodger

The rise and fall of the British music press

David Hepworth

The dark heart of Roald Dahl

The dark heart of Roald Dahl

Anna Leszkiewicz

The highs and lows of Christmas TV 2022

Rachel Cooke

Podcasts

A brief history of “woke”: how one word fuelled the culture wars – Audio Long Reads

A brief history of “woke”: how one word fuelled the culture wars – Audio Long Reads

Stuart McGurk and Chris Stone

Are British prime ministers too powerful? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined

Westminster Reimagined

Are British prime ministers too powerful? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined

TV Rain: the turbulent history of Russia’s last independent media channel

TV Rain: the turbulent history of Russia’s last independent media channel

World Prince: what drives Emmanuel Macron’s global ambitions? – Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

World Prince: what drives Emmanuel Macron’s global ambitions? – Audio Long Reads

Jeremy Cliffe

Business and Economics

The Tories are planning to leave the housing crash for the next government

Emma Haslett

How the Chinese takeover of the UK’s largest semiconductor factory unravelled

Oscar Williams

Most UK businesses see no benefit in post-Brexit deregulation

Most UK businesses see no benefit in post-Brexit deregulation

Emma Haslett

Britain’s racing inflation has a hidden cause: corporate greed

Will Dunn

Is Elon Musk too rich to fail?

Will Dunn

“What Rishi Sunak is doing is lunacy”: the City’s favourite strategist on the economy’s hidden dangers

“What Rishi Sunak is doing is lunacy”: the City’s favourite strategist on the economy’s hidden dangers

Will Dunn

Spotlight on Policy

Whatever happened to the Conservatives’ “war on cancer”?

Michelle Mitchell

Energy and Climate Change

Michael Gove’s coal mine decision is a climate disaster – and it’s only the beginning

India Bourke

“Fraud adapts”: How to fix the UK’s online crime problem

“Fraud adapts”: How to fix the UK’s online crime problem

Emma Haslett

Labour: Social media bosses should be held criminally liable for harmful content

Harry Clarke-Ezzidio

Energy and Climate Change

Ukraine’s energy grid is teetering on the brink of collapse

Samir Jeraj

Labour's "New Britain" is not as new as it seems

Regional Development

Labour’s “New Britain” is not as new as it seems

Jonny Ball

Environment

Seven ways to make leaders act on the climate

New Statesman

Generation Greta: the school strike that went global

India Bourke

Robin Wall Kimmerer: “How strange to be a species that engineers its own demise”

Robin Wall Kimmerer: “How strange to be a species that engineers its own demise”

India Bourke

Amitav Ghosh: “Climate change is becoming an all-out war”

Philippa Nuttall

Letter from Brazil: the rainforest fights back

Andrew Downie

“Global problems must be tackled through global collaboration”: Ai Weiwei on his New Statesman cover

“Global problems must be tackled through global collaboration”: Ai Weiwei on his New Statesman cover

Ai Weiwei

The Long Read

"Nobody took her seriously": the rise, fall and rise of Suella Braverman

“Nobody took her seriously”: the rise, fall and rise of Suella Braverman

She is the daughter of immigrants, a Buddhist and a Francophone. Colleagues reflect on the making of the Home Secretary.

By Martin Fletcher

Magazine

Christmas Special

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Keir Starmer: “Am I aiming to be just a one-term prime minister? No, of course not”

By Rachel Wearmouth

Winter Reflection: Fellowship of the flock

By Helen Macdonald

The restoration of the coffeehouse

By Jeremy Cliffe

The year woke broke: a brief history of a contested word

By Stuart McGurk

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