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Your weekly review of culture, life and society from the New Statesman, hosted by Tanjil Rashid.
Featuring interviews with literary and artistic greats, reviews of the latest cultural moments, and in-depth discussion to help you understand how culture shapes society – and our place in it.
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Carlo Rovelli: Can we know how it feels to be someone else?
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Oct 17, 2026 |
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Steven Pinker: Common knowledge can start revolutions
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Oct 10, 2026 |
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How to write when everything’s in flux
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Oct 03, 2026 |
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Katherine Rundell: In today's world, wonder is political
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Sep 26, 2026 |
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James Marriott: what happens when we stop reading?
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Sep 19, 2026 |
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Salman Rushdie: "I feel a line of connection with 9/11"
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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RF Kuang is back with her most personal story yet
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Sep 05, 2026 |
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Simon Sebag Montefiore on Israel, Gaza and a Middle East in crisis
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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This is how Ukrainian artists are fighting back
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Aug 22, 2026 |
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Why we must unite working class communities across racial divides
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Aug 08, 2026 |
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Britain is losing its libraries and its cultural memory
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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Why is sex political?
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Jul 25, 2026 |
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Can we separate great art from bad artists?
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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Odyssey mania is upon us
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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Was the American revolution really American?
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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"I thought Jimmy Carter was black" | Tayari Jones interview
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Will Hockney be remembered as one of the greats?
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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Does travel actually broaden the mind?
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Jun 13, 2026 |
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This house believes that Britain’s best days are behind it
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Can architecture be democratic?
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May 30, 2026 |
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Katja Hoyer: How fascism takes hold of a city
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May 23, 2026 |
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Munya Chawawa: Trump's presidency is based on WWE
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May 16, 2026 |
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William Boyd on spy fiction and the British psyche
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May 09, 2026 |
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James Baldwin would be a leading progressive voice today
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May 02, 2026 |
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Mark Gatiss: What it's like to play Hitler
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Are we truly living in 'Orwellian times'?
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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When it comes to the Moon, we've only scratched the surface
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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What was life like before capitalism?
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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What do mushrooms have to do with consciousness? with Michael Pollan
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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How Elon Musk redefined power
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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How KPop Demon Hunters became the biggest event of the year
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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Metrics now control our lives
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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What it’s like to be played by Claire Foy
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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Does reading make you a better person? with Dominic Sandbrook
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Wuthering Heights is a disgusting film, but is it a love story?
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Is the climate crisis spiritual? The King thinks so
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Infinite Jest is a novel for 2026
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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People around the world are falling in love with AI
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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Why are we so obsessed with Japan?
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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Salman Rushdie is in "the 9th or 10th hour"
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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After two decades of silence, Kiran Desai returns
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Author Nicola Barker: "we are all weirdos"
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Whit Stillman: renaissance of a cult film icon
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Dec 09, 2025 |