Books of the Year: authors on their favourite books of 2016
From Eimear McBride to Stuart Maconie, The Argonauts to Transit, writers share their picks of the year.
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Books of the year: the NS team on their favourites of 2016
From Jason Cowley to John Bew, the New Statesman team share their favourite book of 2016.
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Books of the year: politicians on their favourites of 2016
Politicians from both sides of the House share their picks of the year.
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The bluster and blunder that birthed a new political era
Four new books, from the cast that brought us Brexit, chronicle the end of one political age – and…
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Leader: Trump and the liberal order
Though foreign leaders may hope for the best from Donald Trump, they must prepare for the worst.
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At PMQs, Jeremy Corbyn quotes Baldrick – and the media start reading my tweets
The Twitterati have discovered that I’ve recently been less than flattering about Corbyn. Luckily, by the next day, it’s…
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There’s something fishy in our food – or not. . .
Certain communities aside, we Britons today aren’t big fish fans. Can places like Billingsgate Market teach us to love…
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How Donald Trump won the Midwest – and what it means for the North of England
Out in the Rust Belt, I didn’t know the people I was meeting would shortly hand Trump the presidency. Britain…
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When it comes to transgender children, Channel 4’s new documentary doesn’t reassure
Kids on the Edge made me wonder why the adults agreed to let their children be filmed. Plus: the adaptation…
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How Ivanka, the new first daughter, sold the Trump brand to women
She was nicknamed Trump’s “secret weapon”; now she’s on her father’s transition team. Yet campaign observers have questions about…
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State of denial
Waking up in Donald Trump’s America.
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Therapy sessions on the radio remind me that really, we are all acting
Susie Orbach’s In Therapy has turned from an oddity to a thrilling drama.
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Mass democracy has failed – it’s time to seek a humane alternative
Trump’s theatrical politics are a betrayal of the disenfranchised. To move forward, we need better analysis of and investment in…
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Poem in which I practice happiness
A new poem by Joe Dunthorne.
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What does one read to cope with recent Earth-Shattering events?
As a dual US/UK citizen, I’m finding the best thing to do is seek distraction. But what genre of…
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Commons confidential: Nerve tonics all round
Farron’s woolly interests, Barzun’s missing drinks, and the musical side of the military.
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Why you should never blow a tyre in Norfolk’s premier dogging spot
Back in the Land Rover, doors locked, we watched the action begin. . .
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Whatever you think of Farage, he understands something important: outrage pays
This week in politics, from Farage in New York to the new nationalism sweeping the West – and the problem of defining Trump.
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Here’s how Donald Trump can help make Scotland great again
It’s time for more immigration – not less.
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Did fake news on Facebook swing the US election?
Its 1.7 billion users were treated to articles about how the Pope backs Trump and Clinton is dying. It’s time…
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Hillary Clinton deserved to lose
The US election was a contest between obvious vulgarity and devious vulgarity.
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Eating out loud: why restaurants are getting noisier
Fewer soft furnishings, hard tiled floors – or a concerted effort to get diners out the door quickly?
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How a sore throat became a life-or-death situation
Through the clear plastic of his carrier bag, I spotted the bright orange boxes of four EpiPens: syringes pre-filled…
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Cut tax and spend: what will Trumponomics mean for the global economy?
Trump’s public investment plans will give markets a boost but could end up hurting the world.
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What would happen if women ruled the world?
Naomi Alderman’s The Power imagines how women would behave if they, not men, were the dominant gender.
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Is Fantastic Beasts a stretch too far for JK Rowling’s imagination?
The new Harry Potter spin-off barely has enough material for one film, let alone the five its creator has promised.
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Yanis Varoufakis: After Donald Trump’s awful victory, the left must be more ambitious
The US election result and Brexit have shown that political revolution is possible, says the former Greek finance minister.
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How Nadiya Savchenko became Ukraine’s Joan of Arc
She was her country’s first female combat pilot, and stood trial in Moscow after being captured in eastern Ukraine. Now, she’s…
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