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Trump World
Letter of the week: Why Trump won the workers
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Donald and Nigel’s day by the sea
Your daily dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The fall of Justin Welby
He leaves behind a wounded and shrinking Church of England.
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Apocalypse now in New York
I told myself I wouldn’t be as shocked and disappointed as I was in 2016. But I was. Also…
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Marcus du Sautoy: “A mathematician is a storyteller”
The Oxford professor on the tales hidden in numbers.
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After Trump’s win, expect a shift in Labour’s priorities
There are giant undulations from the US already rippling through British politics.
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We need to start learning from Joe Rogan and co
The right is much better at exploiting the populist reach of podcasts and influencers.
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We’re going to find out how bad Project 2025 will be
Trump 2.0 may immiserate America in a way his first time in office could not.
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How “YMCA” became Donald Trump’s unlikely theme song
The Republican campaign’s embrace of the gay anthem shows just how much the party has been changed.
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The world according to Trump
From Europe to China, the illusions of the old order are crumbling.
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Trump and the triumph of illiberal democracy
How Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic establishment sealed the fate of the progressive regime they sought to…
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Zionism’s long 20th century
With the Middle East in flames, Britain’s relationship with Israel will transform again.
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Books of the year 2024
New Statesman writers and guests choose their favourite reading of the year.
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Gladiator II is a triumph
In this sequel, chock-full of fighting, Ridley Scott lets his appetite for elaborate action scenes run wild.
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is a masterclass in restraint
In this second series, based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy, the mood is hushed. What volumes…
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Imagine the things Vietnam’s 200-year-old turtles have seen
And who are we, in the minds of those creatures?
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Thought Experiment 5: Wittgenstein’s Beetle
Language can function only because there are public criteria for acceptable usage.
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I’m in pain, and the bailiffs are back
They text me to say they hadn’t forgotten the deal we struck two weeks ago.
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Motherhood is full of agony, but its songs are deemed “nice”
I’d always shied away from writing sentimental songs about having babies for fear of seeming too soppy.
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This England: How improbable
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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Subscriber of the week: Mike Harle
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Anne-Marie Duff Q&A: “We have to keep going towards each other”
The actor on The Wombles, Fifties London and being hopelessly hopeful.
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