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 2023-04-08 08:05 

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Rosie Duffield: "You never change sex"...

The Labour MP's views on gender self-ID have been met with fierce opposition. Can her party find a compromise?...

 2023-04-08 07:00 

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We are all prisoners of WhatsApp...

There's something terrifying and oppressive about the idea that off-hand comments could be recorded forever....

 2023-04-08 07:00 

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Plastic lawns are not a crime...

Pseudo-environmentalists are taking away the right to be tacky....

 2023-04-08 07:00 

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Who is afraid of Martin Heidegger?...

Why the most radioactive philosopher of the 20th century still speaks to us....

 2023-04-08 07:00 

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How the streaming wars are shaping culture...

Today, almost every household subscribes to a streaming service; the typical US household has five. The battle for our attention is changing television....

 2023-04-08 07:00 

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What makes an unforgettable meal? The time, place and company and the butter...

The cannellini and chard on toast roars with garlic, but that alone cannot explain its magic....

 2023-04-08 06:00 

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Simon Armitage's Q&A: "One of my faults is that I look for faults in others"...

The poet on losing his father, his experience on "celebrity" Mastermind and his love of sports....

 2023-04-06 11:44 

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This is how GPT-4 will be regulated...

Models like GPT-4 could pose a serious challenge to regulators. But US, UK and EU watchdogs' responses have been wildly divergent....

 2023-04-06 11:22 

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The people of the state of New York vs Donald Trump...

Trump is the first former president in US history to be indicted on criminal charges, and Sanna Marin loses Finland's election....

 2023-04-06 11:16 

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Is it over for the SNP?...

After Peter Murrell's arrest, some believe the party is condemned to irreversible decline....

 2023-04-06 10:49 

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The dystopian rise of supermarket discount security barriers...

Record grocery prices mean staff apply discount stickers from behind security barriers, to protect them from desperate customers....

 2023-04-06 10:34 

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Kemi Badenoch boasts she can kick out staff in less than ten minutes...

The minister is taking a ruthless approach to her departmental merger....

 2023-04-06 10:10 

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How Scott Benton betrayed Blackpool...

The Tory MP was filmed offering to lobby on behalf of gambling investors an industry that has severely impacted his constituents....

 2023-04-06 08:49 

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Rishi Sunak is going to have a Donald Trump problem...

A clash between the US and UK elections is a political nightmare....

 2023-04-06 08:47 

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Blackpool South took a gamble on the Tories. Has it paid off?...

Voters in Scott Benton's constituency reflect on the "levelling up" agenda....

 2023-04-06 08:28 

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Abolishing the Met Police is the only option left...

A force found to be institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic is at odds with London - and needs to be broken up....

 2023-04-06 07:00 

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Stop with the remakes...

A Harry Potter series, Star Wars TV, and live-action versions of Disney films: will it ever end?...

 2023-04-06 07:00 

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Lloyd's of London cyber war exclusion rules come into effect...

Lloyd's of London's controversial clause has caused consternation for many in the insurance industry as they rush to abide by the deadline....

 2023-04-05 12:50 

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Succession's sly allusion to New Labour's very own succession...

In the latest episode, Shiv Roy appears to echo Gordon Brown's cry of betrayal at Tony Blair....

 2023-04-05 11:32 

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The government must move more quickly on AI regulation...

We wouldn't design new cars without road safety laws, so should we expect less for artificial intelligence?...

 2023-04-05 11:29 

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SNP's Peter Murrell arrested: what we know so far...

Nicola Sturgeon's husband and the party's former chief executive is being questioned over the alleged misuse of 600,000 in party donations....

 2023-04-05 11:11 

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The Scottish NHS deserves far better than Humza Yousaf's tired plans...

The First Minister's early moves suggest a preference for political fudge and risk avoidance....

 2023-04-05 11:01 

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Shoppers aren't buying the Tories' economic optimism...

Jeremy Hunt might believe in the British economy but its consumers don't....

 2023-03-24 10:36 

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Keir Starmer wants to be tough on crime, but are his targets impossible?...

The Labour leader wants to restore confidence in the police to its "highest ever level" and halve incidents of violence against women and girls....

 2023-03-24 08:00 

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How-to guides have taken over everything...

But real change happens outside of the parameters of pamphlets and manifestos....

 2023-03-24 08:00 

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Football was never a truly amateur game, but now even the supporting cast are raking it in...

Tottenham Hotspur's Daniel Levy currently tops the lot with a salary of 3.3m. Well done Daniel, and without kicking a ball....

 2023-03-24 07:00 

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Supporting customers through the cost of living crisis...

Rising energy costs are hitting households but help is at hand....

 2023-03-22 18:41 

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Boris Johnson pleads idiocy...

The former prime minister didn't impress anybody at today's Privileges Committee hearing....

 2023-03-22 18:14 

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Extinction Rebellion makes a splash on 'Fleet Street'...

Not before plastering the wrong building in green paint....

 2023-03-22 17:11 

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Emmanuel Macron has no regrets...

A combative and unremorseful interview by the French president, the first since forcing his retirement reform through parliament, is unlikely to calm a seething nation....

 2023-03-22 16:13 

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Defining a Kodak culture for the future...

The CEO of Kodak Jim Continenza on how changing the business's culture empowered it to embrace a revitalised self....

 2023-03-22 15:53 

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Rishi Sunak avoids major rebellion as MPs back Brexit deal...

Boris Johnson's best efforts failed to bring down the Windsor Framework....

 2023-03-22 15:07 

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Netflix doesn't understand why people watch porn...

The documentary Moneyshot grapples with the adult industry's biggest problems but not those who consume its content....

 2023-03-22 14:08 

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Subscriber of the week: Richard Hemmings...

Please email peter.williams@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman's subscriber of the week....

 2023-03-22 14:02 

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Medea at Soho Place: a stunning production that rains down on the patriarchy...

Sophie Okonedo's formidable Medea will go down as a legend in theatre history....

 2023-03-22 13:53 

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Boris Johnson made cheese and wine a police matter. There's no point him complaining now...

Even if Johnson can win over the Privileges Committee the public will never forgive him for his partygate hypocrisies....

 2023-03-22 13:46 

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Greying MPs and ministers hit the pension jackpot following Jeremy Hunt's Budget...

Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster....

 2023-03-22 13:44 

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Tony Robinson turns to trivia...

The star of Blackadder and Time Team now has his own history podcast: Cunningcast....

 2023-03-22 13:04 

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Europe lost Turkey once. It cannot afford to make the same mistake again...

The EU contributed to Recep Tayyip Erdoan's authoritarian turn, but with help from Turkey's upcoming election, it can undo the error....

 2023-03-22 12:51 

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Letter of the week: A true public servant...

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

 2023-03-22 12:46 

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The left can win and forge a new settlement but only if it repairs the trust we have lost...

Research reveals a strong public appetite for progressive ideas. But we cannot flourish in an environment of mutual intolerance....

 2023-03-22 12:45 

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Despite the high risk, crypto offers a vision of a more open, creative and free internet...

The industry is preoccupied with money-making, but the potential of shared computing could go far beyond finance....

 2023-03-22 12:39 

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Rishi Sunak pledge tracker: UK inflation rises to 10.4%...

The Prime Minister made five promises to the public in January. We monitor whether they are being fulfilled....

 2023-03-22 12:32 

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We risk losing "a generation of dentists", says trade union chief...

The British Dental Association told MPs that chronic sectoral neglect has led to severe workforce shortages in dentistry....

 2023-03-22 12:07 

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Fear grips the markets...

After three US banks collapsed in a week and a major European bank, Credit Suisse, had to be rescued, the financial system is facing a new set of systemic risks...

 2023-03-22 11:40 

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Like zombies, eurozone states are lurching towards their next financial emergency...

A slow-burning crisis in which insolvent banks prop up insolvent businesses is a dangerous and very real possibility....

 2023-03-22 11:25 

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Inflation is running rings around Jeremy Hunt...

The Chancellor is caught between a banking crisis and a cost-of-living crisis....

 2023-03-22 11:00 

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An audience with the King, London's pest problem, and why the English are afraid of the Scots...

There was a hoopla in Colchester for the royal visit, with small children waving flags and a brass band....

 2023-03-22 10:52 

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Cultural change is not enough to save the Met. Its very purpose must be overhauled...

The blistering Casey report identifies failings across nearly all the force's departments....

 2023-03-22 10:38 

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This England: It's wheelie heavy...

This column which, though named after a line in Shakespeare's "Richard II", refers to the whole of Britain has run in the NS since 1934....

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