Leader: The Scottish Question
Though the SNP remains dominant, the prospect of an independence referendum in 2023 has become increasingly implausible.
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Though the SNP remains dominant, the prospect of an independence referendum in 2023 has become increasingly implausible.
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The president’s second term will show what sort of liberal he really is.
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The battle lines between the metropolitan middle classes and those who are excluded from the benefits of his “globalised”…
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New works by the journalists Tina Brown and Robert Hardman question whether the monarchy can survive without radical reform.
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The New Statesman’s selection of good reads for this spring.
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Authoritarians and autocrats continue to flourish despite a long parade of inadequacy. Can liberal democracy strike back?
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The exhilarating narrative explores the complex boundaries between the natural and man-made world in rural life.
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A decade on, the author returns to her Booker Prize-nominated novel, and finds conflict and mortal danger among the…
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The writer-director’s first full-length film takes a close look at bullying in a Belgian primary school.
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The dynamics of mutation and reinfection do not guarantee progressively weaker variants.
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My mother’s nine millionth birthday celebration is at an intimidatingly expensive steak restaurant, but I’m playing it cool.
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This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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The Booker Prize-winning author on Derry Girls, finding joy in a new city and the power of art to…
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