How Robert Smithson made art out of the landscape itself
Smithson’s once-submerged Utah sculpture Spiral Jetty is a richly metaphorical work.
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America after Trump
Boys State reveals a microcosm of modern political theatre
This film follows the Texan summer camp where high school juniors learn the rudiments of governing. Plus: Romanian documentary…
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Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher reinvigorate The Crown
Gillian Anderson might be the best Thatcher ever seen on screen – but Emma Corrin steals the show as…
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The curious delights of The Wedding Detectives
Wedding photos are postcards from the unmapped territory of other people’s relationships.
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Macron and the Muslim world
How the murder of a teacher reignited the conflict between republican secularism, religion and ardent belief in France.
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The struggle for America’s soul
Donald Trump was a symptom rather than the cause of the nation’s discontents and the forces he has unlocked…
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The end of the abuser-in-chief
Donald Trump and the political movement he built were nothing more than petty despots. The noise in the streets is…
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Why M John Harrison’s The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again won the Goldsmiths Prize
M John Harrison’s masterpiece has inventiveness embedded in its very DNA.
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M John Harrison: “A number of novels don’t sit well in their genre of origin”
The English novelist on the power of innovative fiction, the “sad but luminous muddle” of being alive, and his Goldsmiths-shortlisted…
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Letter of the week: The end of the story
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced…
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Leader: After Trump
Joe Biden’s victory was rightly celebrated but the Democrats must avoid nostalgia for the age of liberal triumphalism.
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“Afterwards, I asked: ‘Who am I now?’”: How it feels to escape the far right
Lauren Manning on the fear, danger and freedom of leaving the white supremacist movement.
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Peter Wilby: Murdoch calls time on Trump, why the polls were wrong, and Wigan Warriors are back
Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden before almost anyone else, told the president to accept defeat graciously, and…
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Commons Confidential: Operation Grovel
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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How terror returned to the streets of Europe
Recidivist jihadi prisoners show the enduring threat of Islamic State ideas.
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I’ve never committed to a pet. But as we entered lockdown, I was suddenly certain I needed a cat
Actually, I’ve never committed to anything I couldn’t extricate myself from pretty quickly if I wished to.
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Without control of the Senate, the Democrats face big challenges. But there is reason for hope
The fear is that Biden’s presidency will be ineffectual from the start, and that he will be unable to steer…
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Sarah Churchwell’s Diary: My sleepless nights watching CNN, why the arts matter and fighting for truth
Last week my brain spun itself flat, like a pizza, trying to process the US election results. Now it’s…
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The Republicans are at a crossroads: do they distance themselves from Trump or embrace his appeal?
Some in the party believe that the the creed should live on even as the high priest departs.
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Why Joe Biden’s victory in the US election is good news for Boris Johnson
Agreement on defining issues matters more than the new US government’s private doubts about Johnson’s character.
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Hype, injury, excess… players can waste their potential for many reasons. Is niceness one of them?
We like our players to have inner steel, perhaps that’s why Theo Walcott ended up on Everton’s subs bench.
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This England: With this Bing I thee wed
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain – has run…
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Ronnie Scott understood that for some people music is the only outlet – so he opened a club
As I watch the documentary Ronnie’s, I am reminded of the complicated man who brought the New York jazz scene to Soho.…
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When the underbelly of Brighton reveals itself, all I have to keep me safe is a kebab
Only Friday and Saturday nights are usually lively in the city, but the night before lockdown the air is…
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Many gardening tips and tricks are repeated every single year – but some are ill-advised
Contrary to common guidance, there are dangers to taking cuttings of redcurrants, blackcurrants and gooseberries now.
By The curious delights of The Wedding Detectives
Wedding photos are postcards from the unmapped territory of other people’s relationships.
By Why M John Harrison’s The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again won the Goldsmiths Prize
M John Harrison’s masterpiece has inventiveness embedded in its very DNA.
By Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher reinvigorate The Crown
Gillian Anderson might be the best Thatcher ever seen on screen – but Emma Corrin steals the show as…
By Boys State reveals a microcosm of modern political theatre
This film follows the Texan summer camp where high school juniors learn the rudiments of governing. Plus: Romanian documentary…
By Many gardening tips and tricks are repeated every single year – but some are ill-advised
Contrary to common guidance, there are dangers to taking cuttings of redcurrants, blackcurrants and gooseberries now.
By Peter Wilby: Murdoch calls time on Trump, why the polls were wrong, and Wigan Warriors are back
Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden before almost anyone else, told the president to accept defeat graciously, and…
By “Afterwards, I asked: ‘Who am I now?’”: How it feels to escape the far right
Lauren Manning on the fear, danger and freedom of leaving the white supremacist movement.
By When the underbelly of Brighton reveals itself, all I have to keep me safe is a kebab
Only Friday and Saturday nights are usually lively in the city, but the night before lockdown the air is…
By Ronnie Scott understood that for some people music is the only outlet – so he opened a club
As I watch the documentary Ronnie’s, I am reminded of the complicated man who brought the New York jazz scene to Soho.…
By This England: With this Bing I thee wed
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain – has run…
By I’ve never committed to a pet. But as we entered lockdown, I was suddenly certain I needed a cat
Actually, I’ve never committed to anything I couldn’t extricate myself from pretty quickly if I wished to.
By The Republicans are at a crossroads: do they distance themselves from Trump or embrace his appeal?
Some in the party believe that the the creed should live on even as the high priest departs.
By Hype, injury, excess… players can waste their potential for many reasons. Is niceness one of them?
We like our players to have inner steel, perhaps that’s why Theo Walcott ended up on Everton’s subs bench.
By Sarah Churchwell’s Diary: My sleepless nights watching CNN, why the arts matter and fighting for truth
Last week my brain spun itself flat, like a pizza, trying to process the US election results. Now it’s…
ByEmail [email protected] if you would like to be the New Statesman‘s Subscriber of the Week.
By Without control of the Senate, the Democrats face big challenges. But there is reason for hope
The fear is that Biden’s presidency will be ineffectual from the start, and that he will be unable to steer…
By Why Joe Biden’s victory in the US election is good news for Boris Johnson
Agreement on defining issues matters more than the new US government’s private doubts about Johnson’s character.
By Commons Confidential: Operation Grovel
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By Letter of the week: The end of the story
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced…
By Leader: After Trump
Joe Biden’s victory was rightly celebrated but the Democrats must avoid nostalgia for the age of liberal triumphalism.
By M John Harrison: “A number of novels don’t sit well in their genre of origin”
The English novelist on the power of innovative fiction, the “sad but luminous muddle” of being alive, and his Goldsmiths-shortlisted…
By How terror returned to the streets of Europe
Recidivist jihadi prisoners show the enduring threat of Islamic State ideas.
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