Ed Husain: “Neglect by left and right makes the challenge of Islamism worse”
The author reflects on his journey across Muslim Britain.
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How Brexit changed us
First Thoughts: The risk of ad boycotts, challenging the woke world-view, and cancelling Enid Blyton
Advertisers should not be encouraged to judge a media outlet’s “values”, if that idea takes hold the left stands to lose…
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Commons Confidential: No trust in Truss
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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A windfall for the old: The injustice of triple lock pensions
The Conservatives’ refusal to consider tweaking the triple lock to reflect economic reality is an act of generational apartheid:…
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Björn Borg: the man with ice in his stomach
The mystery and majesty of the player who ruled Wimbledon’s Centre Court
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The story of America’s Covid crisis
Two books examine the US’s faltering response to the pandemic, and ask: what did we just live through?
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Sydney Smith, the irreverent reverend
How a cleric famous for his punchlines helped to shape liberal England.
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The fragile beauty of the deep sea
The deep oceans, once thought to be lifeless, are home to many extraordinary creatures. But now a mining boom…
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Reviewed in short: New titles from James Davies, Travis Elborough, David Peace and David Lodge
Sedated by Davies, Through the Looking Glasses by Elborough, Tokyo Redux by Peace and Varying Degrees of Success by Lodge.
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The NS Poem: caries
A new poem by Hal Y Zhang.
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How Brexit changed us
New Statesman contributors reflect on the fifth anniversary of the seminal Europe referendum.
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How the Second World War was won
On the 80th anniversary of the Nazis’ attack on the Soviet Union, arguments still rage about the Eastern Front…
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The suburban utopias of Spencer Gore
How the painter kept an eye on the radical – but found his greatest inspiration in the most quotidian…
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Why the right loves ancient Rome
How the classics have been used to justify centuries of Western bigotry.
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Sky’s Murder at the Cottage is an extraordinary piece of true crime
If Jim Sheridan’s series gives us both mystery and tragedy, this is also televisual psycho-geography.
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Harry Macqueen’s Supernova is briefly remarkable
This love story starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci provokes the question: “Can one scene be so good that…
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How the Chinese Communist Party’s foundation determines Xi Jinping’s leadership today
Beyond the skyscrapers and fashion boutiques of Shanghai, the fundamental structures of the party state are still rooted in…
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Why Labour’s obsession with Israel and Palestine shows the party’s loss of perspective
The Batley and Spen by-election will be the latest victim of the left’s refusal to acknowledge that Brexit is…
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I am relieved that the pursuit of love no longer dominates my life, yet loneliness frightens me
The idea that appealing to a romantic partner was necessary in order to avoid an isolated life has haunted me since…
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Rachel Clarke’s Diary: Hancock vs Cummings and the medical miracle of the human heart
Every day a heart will beat more than 86,000 times; this powerhouse of evolutionary engineering kicks Teslas, Ferraris and superyachts into…
Keir Starmer has developed a ruthless streak – but it won’t secure his leadership
Starmer’s survival rests on developing new political skills – and not just shedding underperforming aides
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The UK is immersed in a class-culture war – and Labour is incapable of winning it
The superficial squabbling of the culture wars conceals a class conflict that is in fact deeply serious.
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Michael Holding Q&A: “Give me live sport and I’m happy“
The legendary fast bowler and commentator on Lawrence Rowe, learning from his elders and being an observer.
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This England: Balancing the books
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s Richard II, refers to the whole of Britain…
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The man I have loved for four years is gone. There’s nothing I can do about it, so I write
Forty-eight hours after my break-up, friends ask how I can write about it so soon. How can I not?
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Time’s wingèd chariot is getting close – I fear I may never don cricket whites again
As I admire Sean Bean’s manly locks, I have to admit that the thought of bowling wrist-spin is making me…
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As I set free a swallow from my sitting room, I feel a glad sense of the summer to come
I have less confidence in capturing orphaned and injured creatures than when I was a boy – but something had to be…
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Letter of the week: The power of words
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: Brexit isn’t over
Boris Johnson may believe he is done with Brexit, but Brexit is not done with him – or with the…
By Reviewed in short: New titles from James Davies, Travis Elborough, David Peace and David Lodge
Sedated by Davies, Through the Looking Glasses by Elborough, Tokyo Redux by Peace and Varying Degrees of Success by Lodge.
By The NS Poem: caries
A new poem by Hal Y Zhang.
By Why the right loves ancient Rome
How the classics have been used to justify centuries of Western bigotry.
By Sky’s Murder at the Cottage is an extraordinary piece of true crime
If Jim Sheridan’s series gives us both mystery and tragedy, this is also televisual psycho-geography.
By Harry Macqueen’s Supernova is briefly remarkable
This love story starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci provokes the question: “Can one scene be so good that…
By First Thoughts: The risk of ad boycotts, challenging the woke world-view, and cancelling Enid Blyton
Advertisers should not be encouraged to judge a media outlet’s “values”, if that idea takes hold the left stands to lose…
By Commons Confidential: No trust in Truss
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By A windfall for the old: The injustice of triple lock pensions
The Conservatives’ refusal to consider tweaking the triple lock to reflect economic reality is an act of generational apartheid:…
By Michael Holding Q&A: “Give me live sport and I’m happy“
The legendary fast bowler and commentator on Lawrence Rowe, learning from his elders and being an observer.
I am relieved that the pursuit of love no longer dominates my life, yet loneliness frightens me
The idea that appealing to a romantic partner was necessary in order to avoid an isolated life has haunted me since…
ByEmail [email protected] if you would like to be the New Statesman‘s Subscriber of the Week.
Why Labour’s obsession with Israel and Palestine shows the party’s loss of perspective
The Batley and Spen by-election will be the latest victim of the left’s refusal to acknowledge that Brexit is…
By This England: Balancing the books
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s Richard II, refers to the whole of Britain…
By Rachel Clarke’s Diary: Hancock vs Cummings and the medical miracle of the human heart
Every day a heart will beat more than 86,000 times; this powerhouse of evolutionary engineering kicks Teslas, Ferraris and superyachts into…
The man I have loved for four years is gone. There’s nothing I can do about it, so I write
Forty-eight hours after my break-up, friends ask how I can write about it so soon. How can I not?
By Time’s wingèd chariot is getting close – I fear I may never don cricket whites again
As I admire Sean Bean’s manly locks, I have to admit that the thought of bowling wrist-spin is making me…
By How the Chinese Communist Party’s foundation determines Xi Jinping’s leadership today
Beyond the skyscrapers and fashion boutiques of Shanghai, the fundamental structures of the party state are still rooted in…
By Keir Starmer has developed a ruthless streak – but it won’t secure his leadership
Starmer’s survival rests on developing new political skills – and not just shedding underperforming aides
By Letter of the week: The power of words
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced…
By As I set free a swallow from my sitting room, I feel a glad sense of the summer to come
I have less confidence in capturing orphaned and injured creatures than when I was a boy – but something had to be…
By Leader: Brexit isn’t over
Boris Johnson may believe he is done with Brexit, but Brexit is not done with him – or with the…
By The UK is immersed in a class-culture war – and Labour is incapable of winning it
The superficial squabbling of the culture wars conceals a class conflict that is in fact deeply serious.
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