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The restoration of the coffeehouse
How a centuries-old institution can save today’s faltering social media culture.
Is Substack the future of media?
Elon Musk’s ruin of Twitter has been a boon for the newsletter platform, which is reshaping the market for the written word.
The New Statesman on Art
Art from a nation under attack
Whether sketching in bomb shelters or escaping the capital with unruly pets, Ukrainian illustrators and artists bear witness to the fear, heroism and solidarity of their countrymen – and issue an…
Nick Cave: “I don’t think art should be in the hands of the virtuous”
The musician on why Morrissey matters, his deepening faith and grieving for his sons.
The New Statesman on Politics
How Europe is entering a dark new age of division
Russia’s war in Ukraine poses a grave threat to Nato’s eastern states. As Britain doubles its military presence in Estonia, the dread of the Cold War is returning – and the West is braced for conflict…
One year in, has Germany’s traffic-light coalition “dared more progress”?
Olaf Scholz’s progressive government has been strong domestically but mixed abroad.
The New Statesman on Relationships
What is romantic friendship?
Deep and lasting connection comes in many forms: we need a new vocabulary to talk about love.
The New Statesman on Russia
John Mearsheimer and the dark origins of realism
Rage aimed at the eminent international relations scholar reflects liberal frustration over the West's limited power to prevent Russia's war in Ukraine.
The exemplary resilience of Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukrainians are showing Vladimir Putin, and the world, what nationhood should mean
The New Statesman on War
The Ukraine war is shifting Europe’s balance of power from west to east
For the first time since 1989, central and eastern states are spearheading the continent’s response to a major crisis.
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Judith Butler on the culture wars, JK Rowling and living in “anti-intellectual times”
Thirty years ago, the philosopher Judith Butler, now 64, published a book that revolutionised popular attitudes on gender. Gender Trouble, the work she is perhaps best known for, introduced ideas of…
CEOs are hugely expensive
Over the next two weeks, the boards of BAE Systems, AstraZeneca, Glencore, Flutter Entertainment and the London Stock Exchange all face the possibility of shareholder revolts over executive pay at…
Six months that have changed the world
The war in Ukraine has taken us into a new, dark period of history – and democracy seems ever more fragile.
The atrocities in Bucha show that remembrance without resolve is empty
“Every year politicians repeat ‘never again’,” Volodymyr Zelensky chided the Bundestag on 17 March. “And now, we see that these words simply mean nothing.”
From aardvark to woke: inside the Oxford English Dictionary
The OED’s task – to define every part of the world’s most spoken language – is as ambitious as it was 150 years ago.
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