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Russell Brand guest-edited the New Statesman in October 2013. Find him on Twitter: @rustyrockets.
The world isn’t made of atoms, it’s made of stories. The World Cup is an arena in which narratives are fulfilled. Heroes, villains, scapegoats, underdogs, triumphs, near-misses and tragedies, all are played out on a global stage, a pagan drama in a secular age.