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From Neil Jordan to Lara Maiklem: new books reviewed in short
The New Statesman· 43 minutes agoMichael Collins – the sprawling biopic about the Irish revolutionary hero – is perhaps the director...
Rishi Sunak has lost the argument on growth
The New Statesman· 48 minutes agoLabour’s focus on economic progress has paid off.
Biden’s only choice
The New Statesman· 7 hours agoWhen Trump declared that Democrats were in favour of “after-birth” abortions, for instance, which is to say they want to kill newborn babies, Biden was...
The Macron era is over
The New Statesman· 24 hours agoIt is going to get worse for Emmanuel Macron. When the polls were already looking bad ahead of the first-round parliamentary vote on 30 June, his last...
The Supreme Court has made Trump "a king above the law"
The New Statesman· 7 hours agoThe Supreme Court delivered its historic ruling in the case of Trump v. United States on Monday (1...
The young prole rebels of Dexys Midnight Runners
The New Statesman· 7 hours agoOne starts this book at the back, like a Japanese novel, because the author has tracked down all 24 living members of Dexys Midnight Runners, leaving...
The media's bad election campaign
The New Statesman· 7 hours agoNeither the politicians nor the broadcasters have distinguished themselves in this election campaign. Journalists working for traditional organisations...
The Conservative catastrophe
The New Statesman· 7 hours agoRecent polling predicts electoral catastrophe for the Conservatives. A Survation poll taken in the first half of June anticipated the party winning only...
Reform candidates are sinister
The New Statesman· 7 hours agoBritain may be broken, as Nigel Farage’s campaign declares. If it were the case of “one or two slip[ping] through the net that shouldn’t have done” – as...
From the feral to the glamorous at Glastonbury 2024
The New Statesman· 24 hours agoGlastonbury is the nation’s biggest festival, and therefore both the most glamorous and the most feral; one of the only places in the world that you are...