Trump World

The nationalist international

In office, the Republicans’ main opponent could be economic reality. Tariffs, combined with tax cuts, threaten to stoke inflation.

Letter of the week: Why Trump won the workers

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Donald and Nigel’s day by the sea

Your daily dose of gossip from around Westminster.

The fall of Justin Welby

He leaves behind a wounded and shrinking Church of England.

Apocalypse now in New York

I told myself I wouldn’t be as shocked and disappointed as I was in 2016. But I was. Also…

Marcus du Sautoy: “A mathematician is a storyteller”

The Oxford professor on the tales hidden in numbers.

After Trump’s win, expect a shift in Labour’s priorities

There are giant undulations from the US already rippling through British politics.

We need to start learning from Joe Rogan and co

The right is much better at exploiting the populist reach of podcasts and influencers.

We’re going to find out how bad Project 2025 will be

Trump 2.0 may immiserate America in a way his first time in office could not.

How “YMCA” became Donald Trump’s unlikely theme song

The Republican campaign’s embrace of the gay anthem shows just how much the party has been changed.

Books of the year 2024

New Statesman writers and guests choose their favourite reading of the year.

Gladiator II is a triumph

In this sequel, chock-full of fighting, Ridley Scott lets his appetite for elaborate action scenes run wild.

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is a masterclass in restraint

In this second series, based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy, the mood is hushed. What volumes…

Imagine the things Vietnam’s 200-year-old turtles have seen

And who are we, in the minds of those creatures?

Thought Experiment 5: Wittgenstein’s Beetle

Language can function only because there are public criteria for acceptable usage.

I’m in pain, and the bailiffs are back

They text me to say they hadn’t forgotten the deal we struck two weeks ago.

Motherhood is full of agony, but its songs are deemed “nice”

I’d always shied away from writing sentimental songs about having babies for fear of seeming too soppy.

This England: How improbable

This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…

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Anne-Marie Duff Q&A: “We have to keep going towards each other”

The actor on The Wombles, Fifties London and being hopelessly hopeful.