Abandon all hope at the Your Party hustings
Zoom-related difficulties besieged the party’s CEC election hustings
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In this week’s issue
The Crumbling Crown
How to imagine new futures
Where are the Benjamin Disraelis and Michael Foots of today?
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The story behind Prince Andrew’s arrest
Also this week: how to build a 21st-century monarchy, and the power of literary festivals
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On the hunt for Prince Andrew
Outside Sandringham, the British press had scented blood
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Blair’s ruthlessness was key to his success
Some reflections on leadership
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Letter of the week: In the spirit of collaboration
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The Tories will fight Reform to the death
The two “blue” parties could have almost identical manifestos
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Donald Trump is sleepwalking into war with Iran
All Washington can do is ask: why?
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It’s better for a church to become a mosque than a shell
Reform’s church policy risks the house of God going the same way as the House of Fraser
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On the genealogy of Peter Mandelson’s morality
The prince of darkness has fallen. But where did his appetite for risk come from?
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After 17 years at the New Statesman, I leave with a renewed faith in the power of ideas
March 2009, the month I joined the New Statesman as a 22-year-old, was a different political time: a Labour…
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The crumbling Crown
How the Windsors betrayed Britain
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Revealed: Thames Water’s environmental and financial disaster
New research reveals Britain’s biggest water company has been illegally polluting rivers at an even greater scale than previously…
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Reflections on the never-ending war in Ukraine
Lessons from Europe’s deadliest conflict since 1945
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The life and afterlife of Gordon Brown
Has the former prime minister finally stepped out of Tony Blair’s shadow?
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James Meek’s broken Britain
The LRB essayist’s new novel draws from his reporting on a dysfunctional nation
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The violence at the heart of the CCP
Frank Dikötter charts the rise of Chinese communism through its brutality. But does he undervalue the role of ideas?
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Nintendo: the company that consoled the world
The gaming corporation succeeded by shunning the slaughter and darkness that drives so many franchises
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How to turn breast milk into a cash cow
The market for erotic lactation, IVF and surrogacy is a morally complex world of desperation and exploitation
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The NS Poem: Footprints
A new poem by Blake Morrison
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Ai Weiwei: “Maybe I’m still seeking trouble”
The artist on China, censorship and valuing ideas over physical work
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Sirāt makes raving sacred
But be warned: the film is savage and uncomfortable
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We know everything and nothing about Molly Russell
The teen belonged to the most documented generation in history
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Cynthia Erivo’s one-man Dracula misses the point
Kip Williams’ new adaptation of the classic proves that tech can dull a performance
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London hates tourists – just look at the West End
Pity the foreigners looking for a good meal on Shaftesbury Avenue
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Beer and sandwiches: At the Rye Waterworks Micropub
This column is our weekly pub review, written by pintsmen, women and children across the nation. Suggestions to [email protected]
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Can young voters save British democracy?
Extending the franchise to 16-year-olds will change not just the scale of our elections, but their character
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Hunting for a secret admirer and a scam artist
More than one part of my life was unbalanced
ByMarch 1962: A by-election shocks the legacy parties
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