In my shopping basket I see a feast of brown
I have become more dependent on the staples of Englishness.
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It’s the Economy, Stupid is a polemic about the perils of capitalism
This show is both a whistlestop tour of modern economics and Joe Sellman-Leava’s attempt to understand why he’s always broke.
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The NS Poem: The Health Check Crapshoot
A new poem by Claudine Toutoungi.
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Pilgrims of a lost Palestine
In Forgotten, writers Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson explore the careless treatment and outright destruction of Palestinians’ most precious memorials…
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The return of America First
From trade wars to peace deals, Donald Trump’s ruthlessly transactional politics treats global crises as opportunities for American gain.
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How the right weaponised the “vibe shift”
What’s brewing in America isn’t a cultural turn – it’s a political catastrophe.
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European leaders still aren’t facing reality on Ukraine
No matter how they spin it, there is no practical alternative to American military power.
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This England: Addressed by the haggis
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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I am content to be (temporarily) alone – bar the nightmares
The truth is, there’s pleasure in solitude.
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Can the British Council be saved?
CEO Scott McDonald on an imperilled institution.
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Daily Mail redundancies are being watched by Fleet Street with horror
Also this week: a conspiracy theorist at the FBI, and Meta’s free-speech wobble.
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Labour’s boulevard of broken promises
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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We lose more than pounds when we substitute weight-loss jabs for exercise
Regular physical activity has many other benefits.
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Ending the welfare trap
Labour must not only make benefits less attractive, but make work more so.
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Seeking solace in poetry
Also this week: Steve McQueen’s powerful exhibition and Labour’s frustrating curriculum and assessment review.
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Letter of the week: Missed connections
Write to [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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We should admire the complexity of garden design
There’s much more to it than wafting around in a kaftan.
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From Becky Barnicoat to Nick Trend: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom and Holy Places: How Pilgrimage Changed the World by Kathryn…
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Why Britain isn’t working
How the benefits system became a danger to the economy and a battleground for Labour.
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How not to build a nation
Britain and the US lack the political will and legal means to innovate.
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