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Going head-to-head with Lisa Nandy over Gaza
The New Statesman· 3 days agoRees-Mogg sparked a diplomatic incident by pointing out that the concentration camps used by the British Army in the Boer War, in which tens of thousands...
This England: Rabbit roundabout
The New Statesman· 3 days agoThis column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain – has run in the NS since 1934.
Are Lidl and Aldi’s bargains actually good value?
The New Statesman· 3 days agoThe discount supermarkets Lidl and Aldi have made this impulse the definitive part of their shopping experience via the bargain bins of the middle aisle,...
Letter of the week: Why we must make Putin pay
The New Statesman· 3 days agoWrite to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
The government is launching an all-out assault on people with anxiety and depression
The New Statesman· 3 days agoThe theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is “Movement: moving more for our mental...
From Hari Kunzru to Eugene Rogan: new books reviewed in short
The New Statesman· 3 days agoIn The Hidden Life of Trees (2016), Peter Wohlleben revealed the extraordinary and hitherto...
Alice Munro was the writer’s writer
The New Statesman· 3 days ago“The stories of Alice Munro,” the American writer Ethan Canin is said to have once remarked, “make everyone else’s look like the work of babies.” It is...
Retrofit revolution: how do we decarbonise the UK's homes?
The New Statesman· 3 days agoAccording to the UK Green Building Council, there are 29 million homes in theUK that will need to be...
Will Robert Jenrick’s Tory leadership pitch work?
The New Statesman· 4 days agoWith all the tension in the run-up to the local elections and the anti-climax that followed, you’d be forgiven for thinking the shadow Tory leadership...
The battle for the worst job in America
The New Statesman· 4 days agoDonald Trump will be the Republican candidate for the presidency, and his vice-presidential sweepstakes are just as much of a circus as one would expect...
