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Who wants to live forever? Big Tech and the quest for eternal youth

Anti-ageing drugs are bankrolled by some of the wealthiest people on Earth, including Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel. Are the scientists close to a cure?

By Jenny Kleeman

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David Amess’s death and the threats to all MPs show we must change the way we do politics

David Amess’s death and the threats to all MPs show we must change the way we do politics

Anoosh Chakelian

Labour needs to end its addiction to Britishness

Rory Scothorne

Coldplay’s ninth album is space-themed, but they’re better off staying closer to Earth

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Chart of the Day

The UK has the second-highest Covid-19 case rate in the world

Michael Goodier

Lebanon’s descent into humanitarian crisis

Lebanon’s descent into humanitarian crisis

Abbie Cheeseman

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Stepping up to the challenge of a new era

Amrinder Singh

From Our Writers

Emily Tamkin

Sarah Palin lost, but then she won

Stephen Bush

Why Xi Jinping’s absence from COP26 would be dangerous for Boris Johnson

Paul Mason

Labour has no hope of defeating the Conservatives until it answers the Brexit question

Sarah Manavis

In 2021, social media companies are essentially immune to criticism – and they know it

Politics

Boris Johnson’s perfect storm

The UK faces supply shortages, an energy crisis and a government at war with itself.

By Tim Ross

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How Dominic Cummings has given the EU the perfect excuse for Brexit rage

How Dominic Cummings has given the EU the perfect excuse for Brexit rage

Tim Ross

Why are the Tories still leading in the polls?

Ben Walker

Why the Greens are missing their moment

The Politics Interview

Peter Hennessy: the eminent historian on the scoop he missed and whether we’re going back to the 1970s

Stephen Bush

The UK’s position on the Northern Ireland protocol is absurd and reckless

The UK’s position on the Northern Ireland protocol is absurd and reckless

David Gauke

Who would win if a general election was held tomorrow?

Josh Rayman, Ben Walker and Michael Goodier

World

Lebanon’s descent into humanitarian crisis

Beirut’s street violence on 14 October was all too familiar for a country that can still remember its civil war.

By Abbie Cheeseman

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Can G20 leaders keep their promise to prevent economic collapse in Afghanistan?

Can G20 leaders keep their promise to prevent economic collapse in Afghanistan?

Emily Tamkin

Mikheil Saakashvili’s return from Ukraine convulses Georgia’s fragile democracy

Mikheil Saakashvili’s return from Ukraine convulses Georgia’s fragile democracy

Ido Vock

French election 2022: Can anyone beat President Emmanuel Macron?

French election 2022: Can anyone beat President Emmanuel Macron?

Ido Vock and Ben Walker

An inquiry exposes the scale of sex abuse by the Catholic Church. Will the Vatican ever act?

An inquiry exposes the scale of sex abuse by the Catholic Church. Will the Vatican ever act?

Megan Gibson

Books and Culture

Why Middlemarch still matters

Published 150 years ago, George Eliot’s epic humanist novel is the antidote to our witless online world.

By Johanna Thomas-Corr

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The return of Succession

The return of Succession

Rachel Cooke

John le Carré’s aimless final novel

The Culture Interview

The double life of Ian Rankin

Kate Mossman

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is a coming-of-age space epic

Ryan Gilbey

Men like me have been waiting our whole lives for a bisexual Superman

Men like me have been waiting our whole lives for a bisexual Superman

Marc Burrows

Jane Goodall’s lucid optimism

Philippa Nuttall

Podcasts

Can COP26 achieve anything?

Can COP26 achieve anything?

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

The New Statesman podcast

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

Changing behaviour in a changing climate

Climate Politics

Changing behaviour in a changing climate

Who is Japan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida?

Who is Japan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida?

Business and Economics

Davos man’s vision of a post-Covid-19 world makes my skin crawl

Rachel Cunliffe

Inside Klarna’s British charm offensive

Oscar Williams

“Ministers just went blindly ahead”: The woman trying to stop a mass cull of Britain’s pigs

The Business Interview

“Ministers just went blindly ahead”: The woman trying to stop a mass cull of Britain’s pigs

Are we heading for a new era of “stagflation”?

James Meadway

Business and Finance

IR35: is this incredibly specific tax change exacerbating the petrol crisis?

Emma Haslett

Amanda Staveley: the football financier who brought Newcastle to the Saudis

Amanda Staveley: the football financier who brought Newcastle to the Saudis

Will Dunn

The Long Read

The internet was built for connection – how did it go so wrong?

The internet was built for connection – how did it go so wrong?

The World Wide Web celebrates its 30th birthday this year. Its users are less empowered than ever.

By Richard Seymour

Magazine

Perfect Storm

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Boris Johnson’s perfect storm

By Tim Ross

“It is truly bonkers”: Greg Jackson, Octopus CEO, on the UK’s broken energy system

By Will Dunn

Who wants to live forever? Big Tech and the quest for eternal youth

By Jenny Kleeman

Spotlight

Community Wealth Building should be at the heart of levelling up

Community Wealth Building should be at the heart of levelling up

Sarah Longlands

AI in recruitment: Should robots be put in charge of hiring?

AI in recruitment: Should robots be put in charge of hiring?

Sarah Dawood

Is it too soon to automate policy?

Is it too soon to automate policy?

Cristina Lago

How to power the electric vehicle revolution

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How to power the electric vehicle revolution

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