Mike Johnson’s message to Britain: remain pure and we’ll love you
The US House speaker addressed parliament on the 250th anniversary of his country’s independence
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Europe is back
A hurt Europe wonders what to do next
Is Donald Trump a transition or a disruption?
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In Cambridgeshire, a straw bear burns to the ground
Amid the Fenland rain, the Whittlesea Bear Festival and its Morris dancers furrow worthily on
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Robert Jenrick’s category error
Plus: big men at Davos, and the death of the intermission
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On patrol with Ice-spotters in Minneapolis
There is no end in sight to American carnage
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Letter of the week: Labour’s starting point
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Inside the Labour factions pressuring Starmer to rejoin Europe
Caught between Donald Trump and his own party, the Prime Minister faces a moment of truth
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Britain’s housebuilding crisis on my block
Building work on the estate I live in was supposed to take two years – it’s now in its…
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Trump has become the West’s Mad King
The president sees no difference between his whims and the power of the American empire
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Europe has a lot to learn from Mark Carney
Europe must learn that it is time to reckon with what the US has become
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Europe must break from America
Warnings about the end of the postwar world are common sense, not alarmism
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Claudia Winkleman is what women want to be
What is it about The Traitors host that makes her a hero to so many?
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The turn to Europe is inevitable
Starmer should seize the opportunity in this crisis
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We are living through regime change
The old, postwar world is being dismantled by its American overlord
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Islam is the engine of world history
The religion may have transformed every corner of the globe, but it was also radically changed in the process
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Chess is fiction’s favourite metaphor
From Nabokov to Ballard, games like chess have enticed writers. But how will the advent of AI affect the…
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Why are we so obsessed with Japan?
A national culture built upon civility and respect offers an alternative to the self-absorption of the West
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The world’s most powerful literary critic is on TikTok
Jack Edwards shapes the online world’s reading habits from BookTok. But can he handle his success?
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The NS Poem: The Present Life on Earth
A new poem by Jack Nicholls
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Park Chan-wook couldn’t save No Other Choice
A desperate search for employment turns violent in the auteur’s dark, satirical corporate takedown
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Cats are better than dogs – and much better than David Baddiel
Cats are a rich subject for philosophers. They have been failed by this new programme
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Madison Beer is a copy-paste pop star
Her new album, Locket, is perfect pop music – which is part of the problem
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What it’s like to be played by Claire Foy
I said “Hello, film Dad” to Brendan Gleeson in a wobbly voice, and gave him a huge hug
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How to eat like a Roman emperor
Our politics are stuck in the ancient past. Thankfully our food isn’t
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On Hampstead Heath and Southern Railway, I am marooned
I was part of a social experiment in which people have to get to Brighton at weekends without using…
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Beware the hubris of doctors
Peering into Alan’s ear, I failed to spot the reason for his depression
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Beer and Sandwiches: At the Anchor in Digbeth
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: Reagan’s outrageous invasion
October 1983: Ronald Reagan invades Grenada and deposes its revolutionary leader – without consulting Britain
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