Nostalgia is left wing now
At a model village in Norfolk, I briefly glimpse a functioning, confident England
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In this week’s issue
Class warrior
The House of Lords’s cosplay democracy
It is striking how many peers tried, and failed, to enter parliament by democratic means
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When I met Gisèle Pelicot
Also this week: a first in my career, and maternal joy with anxiety
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In Olney, women limber up for the race of their lives
The Olney Pancake Race has been run on Shrove Tuesday since 1445
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The Sicilian theory of Britain
Plus: poetry as medicine, and the origins of literary London
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Letter of the week: Grief in the margins
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine
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Starmer humiliated Wormald – but his problems with the Blob remain
The civil service believes it must deliver or risk being replaced
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Meet the American threatening to bring down Prince Andrew
For Congressman Ro Khanna, the campaign against the royal family is personal
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Based Labour wants to take back control
Can they win the tussle for influence over Starmer 2.0?
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Why does Emerald Fennell keep killing women off?
The director charges towards whatever cultural argument is burning hottest
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Is Bridget Phillipson really the most dangerous woman in Britain?
The Education Secretary on Send reform, gender and the year that could make or break the government
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How politics went hyper
The passions that once drove the left have faded, while the populist right marches on
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Dominic Sandbrook on history, the liberal elite and the reading crisis
Britain’s best-known historian found new audiences for the stories of the past. Can he now get them to read…
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Uncovering Russia’s dark soul
The country’s vast woods have been overlooked in our understanding of its violent history
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The writer who fought the Mafia
Crime writer Leonardo Sciascia launched a political career to take on the Mafia and try to heal the malignant…
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Life and fate in Kolkata
In a novel set in a dystopian Bengal, scarcity and climate exile have stripped the characters of their decency…
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In Vegas, Elvis performed for himself alone
Baz Luhrmann’s concert film blazes new light on the King’s notorious Sin City years
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The Secret Agent is a thrill ride through Brazil’s dictatorship
Garlanded at Cannes and tipped for glory at the Oscars, The Secret Agent is a thrilling ride into Brazil’s…
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Tony Blair is old Labour now
The British politician turned elite power-broker has nothing to smile about any more
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I’m Sorry, Prime Minister is missing the drama
Stripped of the Westminster scaffolding, this Yes, Minister sequel unspools into endless trading of retorts and ripostes, going nowhere
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The relentless drudgery of wedding food
It doesn’t have to be like this!
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A patient recalls being shot
I asked about significant past medical problems. “No. Unless you mean when I was five.” He patted his leg…
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My duvet has acquired a will of its own
It has made a declaration of independence even with every button on the cover done up
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Beer and sandwiches: At Have I Got Brews for You in Stony Stratford
This column is our weekly pub review, written by pintsmen, women and children across the nation. Suggestions to letters@newstatesman.co.uk
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From the archive: Requiem for Harold Wilson
March 1977: One year on from the prime minister’s shock resignation
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