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Susie Alegre Q&A: “I was advised to travel the world or join the circus”
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThe human rights lawyer on Eleanor Roosevelt, Northern Exposure and Manx history and folklore.
After a historic Labour victory, I’m choosing hope
The New Statesman· 2 days agoA little under five years ago, in December 2019, I wrote a column – among my first for this magazine – reflecting on the result of that month’s election,...
The threats faced by Taiwan make Britain’s politics feel provincial
The New Statesman· 5 days agoOnly 11 minor states (plus the Holy See) have formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan and their...
Male Ladybugs Mate with Dead Females for Hours Without Realizing It?
Snopes via Yahoo News UK· 3 days agoFrontiers, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1225998. What Causes the Octopus Death Spiral? New...
Labour’s first policy should be to break up the NHS
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThe most famous example in recent times was Bank of England independence, a policy Gordon Brown developed in secret over the two years before the 1997...
With Unusual Stories, He Finds a Curious Audience
New York Times· 5 days agoThanks to a beat without boundaries, Steven Kurutz can follow trends wherever they take him.
Francis Bacon’s vile bodies
The New Statesman· 6 days agoIs Francis Bacon the most overrated painter of the 20th century? No, surely that dubious accolade must go to Lucian Freud, the artistic Tweedledum to...
Will the Tories ever recover from this defeat?
The New Statesman· 5 days agoPerhaps left-wing electors might get their sense of betrayal in early and start voting for protest parties even before Keir Starmer moves into Downing...
Reform candidates are sinister
The New Statesman· 5 days 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...
The secret history of strawberries
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThey are the perfect summer fruit – and the kitchen can’t improve on perfection.