New Statesman

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Archived since 23 - 29 May 2014

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The New Statesman is Britain's leading and most authoritative weekly political, cultural and current affairs magazine. Irreverent, beautifully written and witty, the New Statesman is the essential read for bright thinkers everywhere. The magazine’s award-winning team of editors and contributors seek to engage readers with great writing, arresting photography, intelligent analysis, bold campaigns and trenchant argument. For a century, our mission has been to provide readers with a rigorous examination of political culture as well as to amuse and entertain.

Latest Issue:

The Peace Delusion: As the long war between Israel and the Palestinian people continues, Jeremy Bowen examines the conflict’s history, the failure of the Oslo Accords, and the end of hope in the Middle East. Also in this issue:

Andrew Marr on how Labour can beat Reform
David Attenborough – as he turns 99 – on our debt to the oceans
Jill Filipovic on Trumps unhappy states of America
David Reynolds on VE Day, and the lessons we must learn 80 years on
Pippa Bailey on Lamorna Ash’s Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever and the future of faith

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