Britain’s Gaullist turn
There’s something about France that seems reminiscent of a lost Britain
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In this week’s issue
Easter Special
Liz Truss is plotting her comeback
Real Trussism has never been tried
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Inside Middle England’s forever war
A dispatch from the front line in Rutland
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Donald Trump is my old friend – but he’s lost the plot
Also this week: free breakfasts at the BBC, and being humiliated by Manchester City fans
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Matt Brittin is the BBC’s next big mistake
Plus: the real impossible job at No 10, and why time-worn faces are the best subjects for painters
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Letter of the week: Age of Enlightenment
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine
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Will Keir Starmer survive the May elections?
Loyalists are rallying around the Prime Minister, and he is determined to fight – but his leadership remains in…
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Donald Trump, illiteracy, and an effigy of Judas Iscariot
How should we celebrate Easter at this time of crisis?
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The everything shock
From the price of food to the AI industry, the Iran war will transform the world as we know…
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The meningitis outbreak and Britain’s long Covid problem
After the pandemic, we are too quick to panic
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What the CIA’s “Queen of Torture” did next
Alfreda Bikowsky led the CIA unit that tortured suspected terrorists and caught Bin Laden. Now, she is a life…
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A certain idea of Ed Miliband
How did Labour’s former leader become the most powerful man in government?
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Iran, Turkey and the Nato paradox
Turkey’s delicate position – in the conflict and the region – lays bare the alliance’s contradictions
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The United States of West London
Meet the kids from America changing Britain’s capital city
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My evening with Robert De Niro
Behind the scenes at a Democrat rally, the actor outlines his vision of another America
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Little England, Great Britain
The war in Iran has exposed a crippling English neurosis
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O Father, where art thou?
Literature still looks to the clergy for answers
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The Apple half-century
How the electronics company went from near bankruptcy to global dominance – and changed our lives along the way
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Colm Tóibín’s sounds of silence
In his latest collection of stories, Tóibín endows his characters with plenty of feelings but fewer words
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Brandon Taylor’s rebellious representations
Minor Black Figures novel depicts a black aesthete struggling to defy the fraught expectations of the art world
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The Whig interpretation of Europe
Roderick Beaton’s spirited history of the Continent cannot square its idealism with the bloody story that it tells
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My mother’s love for words
As a child, Marie Drabble would read anything that was printed, from adverts to lists. It was a habit…
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The NS Poem: At the aquarium
A new poem by Regan Green
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How John Vanbrugh revolutionised British architecture
The architect and playwright, who died 300 years ago, left his imaginative stamp on the nation
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Lily Allen’s revenge tour
The singer’s touring version of West End Girl is a short, icy interlude sustained by an extraordinary crowd
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Jim Jarmusch and the parental pleasure principle
In Father Mother Sister Brother, the director turns the incomprehension between family members into a film of pure pleasure
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Saturday Night Live is doomed in the UK
Britain has lost the ability to appreciate this kind of comedy
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Summerfolk review: Maxim Gorky’s tragedy is as relevant as ever
The language is modern but the Russian dacha aesthetic gives the performance its timeless quality
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How to cook the Easter Bunny
I’m not saying he deserves it…
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Why am I so healthy?
My fittest friends are in hospital – but not me
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An alternative tour of the British Parliament
Please keep up (and mind your step)
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Beer and sandwiches: At the Corner House in Worthing
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: Where to from Aldermaston?
April 1962: On the future of the peace movement.
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