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Do we need another political podcast?

The Power Test, co-hosted by Ayesha Hazarika and Sam Freedman, will delight Westminster obsessives.

Britain’s Brexit divisions are re-emerging

This time, inflation is the battleground.

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Brain surgery in a warzone

For Ukrainians, victory is inevitable – but in the country’s hospitals, it is clear that winning the war will come…

Will Jeremy Corbyn agree to step aside in Islington North?

Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.

Letter of the week: The case against Starmer

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Can Linda Yaccarino save Twitter?

However competent the new CEO is, the biggest obstacle in her efforts to turn Twitter around will be Elon Musk’s…

This England: Uninvited gusts

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

The new left power brokers

Our guide to the 50 most influential people in progressive politics features leading Labour names, radical leftists and less partisan…

The New Statesman’s left power list

The 50 most influential people shaping Britain’s progressive politics.

Zelensky is fighting two wars – against Russia and to win over the West

Ukraine’s coming counter-offensive is the best chance to prove to its supporters it can still win.

As Conservative MPs descend into civil war, even Nigel Farage says Brexit has failed

Tory infighting over immigration and other issues is a proxy debate about the true meaning of leaving the EU.

Europe’s false dawn

After the revolutions of 1848, liberals helped create a conservative international order that has shaped the world since.

Is “National Conservatism” a dead end for the Tories, or a sign of what is to come?

Rishi Sunak may be tempted by an ideology of muscular nationalism – but he would risk alienating British voters.

Being in pain is bad enough, but being a woman in pain is even worse

Endometriosis, appendicitis, fractured vertebrae, and now my mother’s knee injury: why aren’t women taken seriously when they say they are…

How Big Tech made us screen addicts

Gaia Bernstein’s Unwired argues that smart devices are engineered to keep our children hooked. Can we hold the industry to…

Steeltown Murders left me bored and furious

There are countless other series just like this true crime drama. Is it any wonder I found it so wearying,…

Visions of St Francis

For nearly eight centuries, artists have been among the saint’s most avid followers, as a major new exhibition at the…

The memeification of George Orwell

The writer has become a national treasure, moral arbiter and begetter of biographies: do we need a new one?

Kae Tempest’s Q&A: “I can go from ‘Stayin’ Alive’ to Mozart in an afternoon”

The poet on the works of Leslie Feinberg, being photographed by Wolfgang Tillmans, and James Joyce.