New StatesmanBrexit Party Why the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election raises difficult questionsnewstatesman.com - Stephen Bush At least one of the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Brexit Party will end this contest with things to worry about. And we’re off! The …
New StatesmanBeto O'Rourke Beto O’Rourke was the loser of the first Democratic primary debatenewstatesman.com - Anonymous O’Rourke’s performance played into an ascendant narrative that there’s little substance beneath his charisma. Elizabeth Warren may have been the …
New StatesmanFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBrexit Party The Brecon and Radnorshire by-election raises difficult questions fornewstatesman.com - Stephen Bush At least one of the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Brexit party will end this contest with things to worry about. And we’re off! The …
New StatesmanFestivals Cancellations, controversies and refunds: how to programme a musicnewstatesman.com - Ellen Peirson-Hagger From Snow Patrol to Cardi B, changes to the line-up leave festival-goers disappointed and organisers having to find replacement acts – fast. This …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Sameer Rahim’s Asghar and Zahra: a sparkling comedy of Muslim mannersnewstatesman.com - Catherine Taylor Rahim’s tale of a young married couple explores the “parallel selves” of modern Muslims with charm and compassion. Reading Asghar and Zahra, Sameer …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Parliament’s latest bid to stop a no-deal Brexit could be bad newsnewstatesman.com - Stephen Bush Johnson has promised the UK will leave the EU on 31 October “do or die”. The race could change if Tory members feel the option on offer is “die”. If …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) How Vasily Grossman became a thorn in Stalin’s sidenewstatesman.com - Victor Sebestyen s Putin’s Russia glorifies its Soviet past, Grossman’s urgent, questioning voice needs to be heard again. In Moscow on 23 July 1962, the writer Vasily …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is a warm, engaging therapy memoirnewstatesman.com - Anna Leszkiewicz Unlike many books about therapy, this is an accessible, informal and very personal story. Lori Gottlieb is a woman of many talents. She has been, at …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) ITV’s Beecham House, is desperately clichéd period dramanewstatesman.com - Rachel Cooke This is a failed attempt at remaking Downton Abbey in Delhi. It’s fair to say that my expectations of Beecham House (23 June, 9pm) were quite low, even …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Somerset’s cricketing greatsnewstatesman.com - Matthew Engel Two new books purport to be about cricket but tell us a lot about the vagaries of life. In the spring of 1974 four young men arrived in Taunton, at …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Why literary writing should celebrate working-class culturenewstatesman.com - Frank Cottrell-Boyce It’s rare to read literary fiction in which working-class communities are anything but places to escape from. There’s a haunting story by Leon …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Living in a critical condition: Jürgen Habermas at 90newstatesman.com - Anonymous From the Hitler Youth to “constitutional patriotism”, how Habermas became one of the most important German philosophers of the 20th century. In a …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Big Government in America part two: Americans don’t mind government,newstatesman.com - Anonymous Why is Social Security so popular even among conservative voters? Because the contribution-to-benefit ratio is proportional. This is the second of a …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Facial recognition technology may be coming to porn – and these mennewstatesman.com - Sarah Manavis Why some men on 4chan and Reddit are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a morally dubious technology. Michael, a 30-year-old New Yorker, messages me …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) The closing of the conservative mind: Towards a new left conservatismnewstatesman.com - Jonathan Rutherford Countries are like families: they bequeath to us an inheritance of culture and language that names us and gives us a place in the world. Nationhood …
New StatesmanPETA Ingrid Newkirk, the unlikely extremistnewstatesman.com - Martin Fletcher Controversy and outrage helped Peta make animal rights mainstream, but has its founder gone too far? A wall of quotations greets visitors to the …
New StatesmanBoris Johnson The rebel alliance plotting against Boris Johnsonnewstatesman.com - Stephen Bush Johnson’s march on Downing Street seems unstoppable. Yet he is far from unassailable as Tory antagonists plan the resistance For most of Boris …
New StatesmanExtinction Rebellion Extinction Rebellion goes mainstream: what’s next for the climatenewstatesman.com - Hettie O'Brien When Extinction Rebellion blockaded London in April, it seemed to have come from nowhere. But the group is having real-world effects. In April, …
New StatesmanIran The drumbeat for war with Iran grows louder despite Trump’s cautionnewstatesman.com - John Bew The promotion of hawkish figures from Mike Pompeo to John Bolton has given impetus to the idea that some sort of military clash is inevitable. Donald …
New StatesmanBoris Johnson Commons Confidential: Johnson’s ex unburdenednewstatesman.com - Kevin Maguire Marina Wheeler is, perhaps, more than anyone else, including screaming lover Carrie Symonds and repulsed cabinet ministers, in a position to stop her …
New StatesmanMe Too Movement Personal story: Why I didn’t say Me Toonewstatesman.com - Anonymous It is a peculiarly cruel aspect to the aftermath of sexual violence that, even 20 years later, though I no longer feel guilty for “letting” it happen …
New StatesmanBrexit Party Letter of the week: Lessons from Irelandnewstatesman.com - New Statesman A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) I like driving – but only for about 20 minutes. And when the car isnewstatesman.com - Nicholas Lezard There was traffic. We spent much time stationary. Luckily, conversation flows well between us. Up to a point. Would I, I am asked by his mother, like …
New StatesmanVaping Vaping may be less harmful than smoking, but what are the long-termnewstatesman.com - Dr Nishat Siddiqi I noticed that Emma held her vaping device throughout our consultation and I wondered if there would be any long-term consequences for her or her …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Kids as young as five are snapping pictures of their parents fornewstatesman.com - Amelia Tait Meet the Instagram offspring, the children behind the lens, taking the perfect photo of mum and dad. As a general rule, children are not allowed to …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Boris Johnson sees himself as Churchill but he’s closer to thenewstatesman.com - Harry Eyres Boris Johnson believes himself to be a reincarnation of Winston Churchill. In fact he much more closely resembles a political figure of an earlier …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Brexit has created a constitutional impasse – partly because our MPsnewstatesman.com - Anonymous Run by politicians lacking the historical sensibility to guide it, the constitution has been hollowed out. The United Kingdom is in a constitutional …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Conservative whips may have a Theresa May problem, and other thingsnewstatesman.com - Stephen Bush Meanwhile, the case of Zaghari-Ratcliffe is going to run and run. On the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Labour prefer to let their badges do the …
New StatesmanOpinion (UK) Andrew Marr’s Diary: Boris Johnson’s mistake, a Shakespearean climatenewstatesman.com - Andrew Marr While nobody else knows exactly what happened in that flat, Johnson’s refusal to answer reasonable questions about the incident was a very bad …
