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James Corden’s comedy of menace
The New Statesman· 4 days agoJoe Penhall’s new play The Constituent, starring Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin, is a funny, disturbing vision of public service and private despair.
Rishi Sunak’s aggressive strategy is his best hope
The New Statesman· 6 days agoThe Prime Minister’s negative attacks are desperate but he has no better option.
As anti-Semitism surges, tolerance resurfaces at unexpected moments
The New Statesman· 6 days agoOnly here the binned item was a Jewish Star of David and the crudely lettered slogan beneath read...
Can a feuding French left keep out the far right?
The New Statesman· 3 days agoAhead of the first round of voting in the legislative elections this Sunday, the French left has united for only the second time in its recent history....
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness is grotesque
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThree times is enemy action, says Auric Goldfinger. By this measure, Kinds of Kindness is determinedly hostile. Yorgos Lanthimos’s follow-up to Poor...
Cat Bohannon Q&A: “We can actually make the world a bit better”
The New Statesman· 6 days agoThe academic and author on Jaws, Artemisia Gentileschi, and the fertility culture wars.
Is the SNP prepared to change again?
The New Statesman· 4 days agoWith a week to go, if I were a betting man – which, unlike the entire political establishment, it seems, I’m not – I’d go for something like this:...
Evangelical Christians’ Trumpian pact
The New Statesman· 6 days agoAt first glance, the elevation of a candidate such as Donald Trump to be the Republicans’ undisputed, all-knowing and all-powerful leader seemed to...
A staggering first-round victory for Marine Le Pen
The New Statesman· 2 days agoEmmanuel Macron's political gamble has backfired.
Biden's performance should make us grateful for the Deep State
The New Statesman· 4 days agoEven if it’s been on autopilot, America has continued to function.