The Broken Party

Leader: A planet on fire

The national and international political response to the climate crisis is both tragic and farcical.

Letter of the week: Jonson and Johnson

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Tory diversity scuppers Labour’s white male hopefuls

Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.

Russia is bluffing about its success in the war – but so is Ukraine

It will be difficult for the West to sustain support for Ukraine indefinitely. This will be a gift to…

I wrote a novel about the worst time in Sri Lanka’s history – but 2022 is a close rival

The Booker Prize-winning author of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida on an age of political upheaval and bloodshed.

“I often spend my time sounding like a Lib Dem”: Rory Stewart on the fractured Tory party

The former Conservative MP and one-time leadership candidate shares his thoughts on Boris Johnson and the race to become…

As the Tory leadership candidates obsess over tax cuts, the real monsters are tapping at the window

The climate emergency can no longer be dismissed by politicians – even if some voters don’t regard it as…

Italy’s economy needs a technocrat prime minister, but voters are weary of rule by experts

Fiscally, it would be a terrible time for the country to lose Mario Draghi – another election would only…

Bertrand Russell, YouTube star

The stately philosopher’s online fame reveals Gen Z as a demographic desperate for certainty.

Wittgenstein at war

The philosopher’s First World War notebooks reveal a soul in torment, but was fighting on the front line really…

The NS Poem: city pastoral / summer

A new poem by Andrew McMillan.

A timely check-up on the GP’s vital role in the community

Updating John Berger’s 1967 classic, A Fortunate Woman shares the devotion and anguish of a modern family doctor.

The 15 best books for summer

The New Statesman’s selection of essential recent releases.

The lying life of Emmanuel Carrère

In his new book, Yoga, the French literary star is fixated on truth – so why does he play…

The limits of black and white thinking

Ibram X Kendi’s new book, How to Raise an Antiracist, is overly simplistic and dogmatic.

Why libraries matter for Britain

These cherished spaces will play a crucial role in regenerating the public realm.

Where the Crawdads Sing is a lesson in how not to adapt a bestselling novel

The film version of Delia Owens’s novel incorporates many genres: misery memoir, courtroom mystery, romance. None is executed with…

ITV’s Tory leadership debate was a parade of bizarre non-personalities

From stiff Liz Truss to Penny Mordaunt’s obsession with washing machines, this hour of TV was more buttock-clenching than…

Periods: the inside story

28ish Days Later, Radio 4’s day-by-day journey through the menstrual cycle, is lively and wildly informative.

Even when all is gloomy, you can never be too jaded for jelly

The “voluptuous inner-thigh wobble” is irresistible.

Apps are not a replacement for GPs

In many areas there are not enough doctors to meet demand, and technology alone cannot solve the problem.

All of a sudden, people are taking an interest in me. How can I make them stop?

I realised my friendly neighbour may have looked up my Wikipedia entry –which I find deeply weird.

This England: Running on empty

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

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Jim Al-Khalili Q&A: “I wouldn’t swap my home in Southsea for anywhere else”

The physicist and broadcaster on Leeds United, US visa problems, and his soft spot for the millennium.