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Tory leadership debate: Jenrick fails to catch Badenoch

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/10/tory-leadership-debate-jenrick-fails-to-catch-badenoch

Published: October 17, 2024 20:30

There was a clear winner, and several missed opportunities.

Israel kills its ultimate target

https://www.newstatesman.com/international-content/2024/10/yahya-sinwar-israel-kills-its-ultimate-target

Published: October 17, 2024 16:54

Will the death of Yahya Sinwar lead to a ceasefire?

Robert Icke’s Oedipus is a devastating, seamless update of Sophocles

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/theatre/2024/10/robert-icke-oedipus-review-devastating-seamless-update-sophocles

Published: October 17, 2024 16:51

This production imagines Oedipus (Mark Strong) as a contemporary politician – and achieves a level of catharsis rare for any production of an ancient text.

The government wants to prescribe Ozempic

https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/new-statesman-podcast/2024/10/should-the-government-prescribe-ozempic

Published: October 17, 2024 15:22

A dystopian concept or a practical solution?

Liam Payne was a victim of the pop pin-up machine

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2024/10/liam-payne-was-a-victim-of-the-pop-pin-up-machine

Published: October 17, 2024 13:30

The dream that One Direction represented now seems an obvious nightmare.

The BBC is foolish to axe HARDtalk

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2024/10/the-bbc-is-foolish-to-axe-hardtalk

Published: October 17, 2024 11:27

As the World Service shrinks, Russian and Chinese propaganda might take its place.

Inside Labour’s China policy

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/10/inside-labours-china-policy-david-lammy

Published: October 17, 2024 11:20

David Lammy’s approach has been shaped by the Biden administration.

Kamala Harris vs Fox News

https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2024/10/kamala-harris-faces-off-with-the-hostile-press

Published: October 17, 2024 06:29

Our Washington correspondents break down the Vice President's testy sit-down interview.

Jilly Cooper’s very English fantasies

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2024/10/jilly-coopers-very-english-fantasies

Published: October 17, 2024 05:00

Her novels – set in a dreamlike, aristocratic approximation of the Cotswolds – are so absurd they are rarely analysed. Can they tell us anything about Britain and class?

No one asked for Meta’s “AI chatbot”

https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/10/no-one-asked-for-metas-ai-chatbot

Published: October 17, 2024 05:00

Like the metaverse before it, this new “innovation” could only appeal to someone as detached from reality as a tech billionaire.

An ode to aimless wandering

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/nature/2024/10/an-ode-to-aimless-wandering

Published: October 16, 2024 17:22

After years of trudging along paths, I’ve learned to stop seeing their completion as an accomplishment.

Labour’s Budget dilemma

https://www.newstatesman.com/new-statesman-view/2024/10/labours-budget-dilemma

Published: October 16, 2024 17:09

The tension between a pledge to limit tax rises and the party’s rule against borrowing for day-to-day spending is showing.

Who made Keir’s cut?

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/commons-confidential/2024/10/who-made-keirs-cut

Published: October 16, 2024 17:08

Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.

The making of Barbara Kingsolver

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2024/10/making-barbara-kingsolver-holding-the-line-erica-wagner

Published: October 16, 2024 17:03

In Holding the Line, the author’s newly republished account of the 1983 Arizona miners’ strike, the novelist and the reporter combine.

Richard Dawkins, the gene genie

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2024/10/richard-dawkins-the-gene-genie

Published: October 16, 2024 17:00

The great scientist strays into speculation in The Genetic Book of the Dead, his latest defence of his “selfish gene” theory of evolution.

Myths of the great statesmen

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2024/10/myths-of-the-great-statesmen

Published: October 16, 2024 16:58

New studies of Winston Churchill and Harold Wilson show the rewards and perils of political biography.

The Lehman Trilogy is storytelling at its finest

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/theatre/2024/10/the-lehman-trilogy-storytelling-at-its-finest-play-sam-mendes

Published: October 16, 2024 16:46

In Sam Mendes’s revival, an epic narrative of American capitalism is translated into thrillingly stripped-back theatre.

Letter of the week: The public deserves better

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/10/letter-of-the-week-the-public-deserves-better

Published: October 16, 2024 16:33

Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.

The resurrection of John le Carré

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2024/10/the-resurrection-of-john-le-carre

Published: October 16, 2024 16:11

In Karla’s Choice the late spy novelist’s son Nick Harkaway has revived George Smiley – but he cannot match the story of his father’s secret life.

Thought Experiment 4. Becoming a Vampire

https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/10/thought-experiment-4-becoming-a-vampire

Published: October 16, 2024 16:04

Entering into a transformative experience means making a decision about what kind of “you” you want to be.

Subscriber of the week: Simon Williams

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/life/2024/10/subscriber-of-the-week-simon-williams

Published: October 16, 2024 15:35

Contact zuzanna.lachendro@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be featured.

Confronting the achingly cool with an aching heart – and aching gums

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/life/2024/10/confronting-the-achingly-cool-with-an-aching-heart-and-aching-gums

Published: October 16, 2024 15:09

My eldest child has summoned my mouth infection and I to Brighton.

The NS Poem: Now

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/poetry-culture/2024/10/the-ns-poem-now

Published: October 16, 2024 15:06

A new poem by Margaret Atwood.

Pro-worker or pro-business? Labour must decide

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2024/10/pro-worker-or-pro-business-labour-must-decide

Published: October 16, 2024 15:04

In trying to please everyone, Keir Starmer runs the risk of pleasing no one.

Colin Greenwood’s tour diary: checking in with Radiohead and suiting up for Nick Cave

https://www.newstatesman.com/diary/2024/10/colin-greenwoods-tour-diary-checking-in-with-radiohead-and-suiting-up-for-nick-cave

Published: October 16, 2024 14:03

The bassist on becoming a Bad Seed, reconvening with old friends, and how life on the road has changed since the Nineties.

Kate Summerscale Q&A: “Best piece of advice? ‘It won’t seem so bad in the morning’”

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/qa/2024/10/kate-summerscale-qa-best-piece-of-advice-it-wont-seem-so-bad-in-the-morning

Published: October 16, 2024 13:50

The author on crushing on Steve McGarrett and learning to find joy in the things she tries to avoid.

Taking on the Treasury

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/10/taking-on-the-treasury-rachel-reeves-budget-2024

Published: October 16, 2024 13:27

Rachel Reeves has more power than any chancellor in recent history. She should use it.

Would Kemi Badenoch be worth the risk for Conservatives?

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2024/10/would-kemi-badenoch-be-worth-the-risk-for-conservatives

Published: October 16, 2024 13:25

She might be “box-office”, but the Tory leadership candidate might prove too volatile for a party in crisis.

Kamala Harris’s convictions are still a puzzle

https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2024/10/kamala-harriss-convictions-are-still-a-puzzle

Published: October 16, 2024 13:11

The Democratic candidate has U-turned on some issues and aligned herself with Donald Trump on others. What does she stand for?

PMQs review: Sunak is too polite to nail Starmer

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/the-staggers/2024/10/pmqs-review-sunak-is-too-polite-to-nail-starmer

Published: October 16, 2024 12:26

Labour will be hoping for an easy ride in the pre-Budget showdown next week too.

Will Rachel Reeves’ tax gamble pay off?

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/10/will-rachel-reeves-tax-gamble-pay-off

Published: October 16, 2024 11:57

The Chancellor knows that Labour’s re-election depends on improving public services.

This England: Heads up

https://www.newstatesman.com/back-pages/2024/10/this-england-heads-up

Published: October 16, 2024 11:48

This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain – has run in the New Statesman since 1934.

The best of the academic presses for autumn 2024

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2024/10/the-best-of-the-academic-presses-for-autumn-2024

Published: October 16, 2024 11:39

The New Statesman's highlights, from Greek mythology to 1980s pop-synth and drawing to Christian nationalism

We can’t all be geniuses

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2024/10/we-cant-all-be-geniuses

Published: October 16, 2024 11:36

The word is overused. Most of us are minor talents.

Caution should prevail on the Assisted Dying Bill

https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/10/caution-should-prevail-on-the-assisted-dying-bill

Published: October 16, 2024 10:23

It is far easier to give the right to an assisted death than to take it away.

The NHS isn’t ready for assisted dying

https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2024/10/are-we-actually-ready-for-assisted-dying

Published: October 16, 2024 08:05

A palliative care system funded by tombolas can't handle euthanasia too.

Wes Streeting can’t solve unemployment with weight loss drugs

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/the-staggers/2024/10/wes-streeting-cant-solve-unemployment-with-weight-loss-drugs

Published: October 16, 2024 06:35

There is a link between obesity and worklessness, but this is not the solution.

Rachel Reeves’ make-or-break Budget

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/10/rachel-reeves-interview-chancellor-labour-make-or-break-budget

Published: October 16, 2024 06:16

Can the Chancellor save the Labour government – and mend Britain’s broken economy?

Alan Garner’s living tapestry

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2024/10/alan-garner-living-tapestry

Published: October 16, 2024 05:00

The novelist’s creative life was woven from a childhood in northern England’s mythic landscape.

Keir Starmer and the perils of consensus

https://www.newstatesman.com/the-politics-column/2024/10/keir-starmer-perils-of-consensus-louise-haigh

Published: October 16, 2024 05:00

In trying to please everyone, the Prime Minister risks pleasing no one.

Will the Daily Telegraph’s new buyer threaten its independence?

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2024/10/will-the-daily-telegraphs-new-buyer-threaten-its-independence

Published: October 15, 2024 13:00

Dovid Efune has entered into exclusive talks to buy the title.

Ursula von der Leyen has lost the Europhiles

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2024/10/von-der-leyen-has-lost-the-europhiles

Published: October 15, 2024 10:50

Critics say the Commission is subservient to the radical fringes.

Marie Curie’s modest revolution

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2024/10/marie-curies-modest-revolution