Mourning and melancholia: the psychological shadow-pandemic
Why the Covid crisis is the biggest hit to mental health since the Second World War.
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Grief nation
Our search for a national story
Voters left Labour – often because Labour left them.
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How Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech has been misunderstood
In his address at Fulton, Missouri, 75 years ago, Churchill played up the Soviet threat to bolster the case…
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Jordan Peterson: Agent of chaos
The Canadian psychologist’s quest for order is thwarted by the tragicomedy of his own life.
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Sylvia Pankhurst: The great agitator
We should all be grateful to this doughty, irrepressible woman who battled so hard and sacrificed so much to…
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NS Recommends: New books from Ian Leslie, Mark Solms, Naomi Ishiguro and Holly Pester
Leslie’s Conflicted, Solms’ The Hidden Spring, Ishiguro’s Common Ground and Pester’s Comic Timing.
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“What does ‘old’ mean, anyway?”: Beverly Glenn-Copeland on finding acclaim in his seventies
The musician has been making futuristic music all his life, yet his songs have recently found a new audience with…
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The endless vistas of Joachim Patinir
How the Flemish painter was the first to make landscape the real subject of his art.
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Oprah with Meghan and Harry is a masterclass in show business
Meghan is an actor, Winfrey is a billionaire, and this interview was pure theatrics.
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Why the jury’s still out on Minari, an immigrant story with a one-size-fits-all message
The Golden Globe-winning drama follows a Korean-American family, telling a tender tale of rural struggle.
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Bored in the USA: Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama’s new podcast is hair-tearingly dull
Barack Obama, one volume into his epic memoir, is busy trying to shape his legacy. Bruce Springsteen has been…
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Why the EU’s hollowed out democracies are a product of the utopian illusions of the 1990s
The belief that democracy represented moral progress has led to an arrangement that itself compromises nation-state autonomy.
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Simon Heffer’s Diary: My full pint campaign, the real Chips Channon and a cure for dog theft
The closure of my village pub has left a great hole in my life, and forced me to become…
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As the Merkel era approaches its end, the German left has several paths to the chancellery
Berlin is buzzing with potential coalitions, but after a damaging year the CDU might benefit from a period in…
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How Labour can turn the Tories’ “levelling up” agenda against them
The Conservatives have a potent political slogan. Yet they don’t seem to realise real “levelling up” is not about places, but…
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The Alex Salmond inquiry has failed to unsettle the SNP, but the vaccine roll-out might
Polls show support for Scottish independence has fallen and the problem can be traced back to a laboratory in Oxford.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle show the triumph of bohemian values over bourgeois ones
The Sussexes are playing to a young, American audience who have no interest in obedience to tradition.
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Which of two distractions to concentrate on: a Twitter spat or a hand that has turned blue?
I am beginning to have those puzzling aches which make me feel my time is drawing rather nearer and swifter than…
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Languages reflect the societies that use them – and English is riddled with sexism
Should dictionaries include sexist words and definitions?
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Why children and parents should understand schools cannot be completely “Covid-secure”
Measures such as testing, masks and social distancing cannot keep individuals “safe”; they simply dampen Covid-19 rates by interrupting some chains of…
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This England: Mine, all mine
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 Rafferty Q&A: “I consider myself a stem-cell Brownite“
The president of the Royal College of Nursing on her respect for Gordon Brown, nurses’ pay, and why Mastermind…
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Languedoc has “yes” in its name. And it produces many wines worth saying oui to
I’ve discovered rich, spicy yet restrained reds made of combinations of Cinsault, Carignan, Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre.
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From Covid Kids to Generation Grit
How the pandemic has had a positive and negative impact on anxiety and depression amongst children.
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Meghan’s tabloid treatment, a history of abdications, and why the Queen is to blame
Her Majesty’s 69-year-reign is commonly regarded as her greatest strength, but it may in fact be the biggest problem. …
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Sarah Jaffe: “I’m trying to abolish everyone’s boss”
The US journalist discusses her new book on how devotion to our jobs keeps us exploited, exhausted and alone.
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Commons Confidential: More regal than the royals
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Wesminster.
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Letter of the week: All work, no pay
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email our contact form to have your thoughts voiced…
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Leader: The quiet radical
Joe Biden’s $1.9trn stimulus package is an example of state activism that the world should emulate.
By Meghan’s tabloid treatment, a history of abdications, and why the Queen is to blame
Her Majesty’s 69-year-reign is commonly regarded as her greatest strength, but it may in fact be the biggest problem. …
By Sarah Jaffe: “I’m trying to abolish everyone’s boss”
The US journalist discusses her new book on how devotion to our jobs keeps us exploited, exhausted and alone.
By Commons Confidential: More regal than the royals
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Wesminster.
By From Covid Kids to Generation Grit
How the pandemic has had a positive and negative impact on anxiety and depression amongst children.
By NS Recommends: New books from Ian Leslie, Mark Solms, Naomi Ishiguro and Holly Pester
Leslie’s Conflicted, Solms’ The Hidden Spring, Ishiguro’s Common Ground and Pester’s Comic Timing.
By Why the EU’s hollowed out democracies are a product of the utopian illusions of the 1990s
The belief that democracy represented moral progress has led to an arrangement that itself compromises nation-state autonomy.
By As the Merkel era approaches its end, the German left has several paths to the chancellery
Berlin is buzzing with potential coalitions, but after a damaging year the CDU might benefit from a period in…
By How Labour can turn the Tories’ “levelling up” agenda against them
The Conservatives have a potent political slogan. Yet they don’t seem to realise real “levelling up” is not about places, but…
By Simon Heffer’s Diary: My full pint campaign, the real Chips Channon and a cure for dog theft
The closure of my village pub has left a great hole in my life, and forced me to become…
By Why the jury’s still out on Minari, an immigrant story with a one-size-fits-all message
The Golden Globe-winning drama follows a Korean-American family, telling a tender tale of rural struggle.
By The Alex Salmond inquiry has failed to unsettle the SNP, but the vaccine roll-out might
Polls show support for Scottish independence has fallen and the problem can be traced back to a laboratory in Oxford.
By Bored in the USA: Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama’s new podcast is hair-tearingly dull
Barack Obama, one volume into his epic memoir, is busy trying to shape his legacy. Bruce Springsteen has been…
By Languedoc has “yes” in its name. And it produces many wines worth saying oui to
I’ve discovered rich, spicy yet restrained reds made of combinations of Cinsault, Carignan, Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre.
By Which of two distractions to concentrate on: a Twitter spat or a hand that has turned blue?
I am beginning to have those puzzling aches which make me feel my time is drawing rather nearer and swifter than…
By Languages reflect the societies that use them – and English is riddled with sexism
Should dictionaries include sexist words and definitions?
By This England: Mine, all mine
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s Richard II, refers to the whole of Britain –…
By Why children and parents should understand schools cannot be completely “Covid-secure”
Measures such as testing, masks and social distancing cannot keep individuals “safe”; they simply dampen Covid-19 rates by interrupting some chains of…
ByEmail our contact form if you would like to be the New Statesman’s subscriber of the week.
By Anne Marie Rafferty Q&A: “I consider myself a stem-cell Brownite“
The president of the Royal College of Nursing on her respect for Gordon Brown, nurses’ pay, and why Mastermind…
By Letter of the week: All work, no pay
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email our contact form to have your thoughts voiced…
By Leader: The quiet radical
Joe Biden’s $1.9trn stimulus package is an example of state activism that the world should emulate.
By Oprah with Meghan and Harry is a masterclass in show business
Meghan is an actor, Winfrey is a billionaire, and this interview was pure theatrics.
By Prince Harry and Meghan Markle show the triumph of bohemian values over bourgeois ones
The Sussexes are playing to a young, American audience who have no interest in obedience to tradition.
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