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From Soap Street to the Arndale Centre: a disappearing act on the streets of...
While I’ve no truck with nirvana, I am a true believer in the power of deep absorption into the spirit of a place. Soap Street in Manchester is filthy. A thick, decades-old deposit of soot and grime...
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David Beckham backs Remain, while David Cameron claims all Premier League...
A game of two halves. We all know that politics only exists for commentators to make tiresome football metaphors. And now the two worlds have met. David Beckham has scored for the Remain side, voicing...
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The killing of Jo Cox must be a turning point for a better politics
We must reject the alarmist language, personal attacks and fear embodied by the EU referendum. Last week we saw a new low in British society and politics: the horrific killing of an MP apparently...
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Our personal prejudices are blinding us to the rise of far-right terrorism
Islamists count for 38 per cent of lone wolf terror attacks. But far-right extremists are catching up. Terrorism is not an objective fact. It's a judgement call. And labels are fluid. One man’s...
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Joyce DiDonato and Vittorio Grigolo light up the Royal Opera House’s tired...
In DiDonato and Grigolo’s hands Massenet’s opera becomes something much darker than this anodyne production usually provides. Benoit Jacquot’s Werther looked old-fashioned at its debut in 2004. By...
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Haystack in a haystack: travels around the human genome
Siddhartha Mukherjee’s book is a tourist guide to the twenty-first century’s uncharted continent, the human genome. My favourite quotation from Charles Darwin: “Ignorance more frequently begets...
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The NS Podcast #154: Referendum special
The New Statesman podcast. This week, Helen and Stephen reflect on the death of Jo Cox and how the tragedy has resonated through politics. They also take stock of the EU debate ahead of the country...
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Tea Leavers and Champagne for Remain: what your shopping basket says about...
Analysis of 780,000 shopping trips in the UK further reveals the class divide between Brexit and pro-Europe voters. A class divide has long been emerging in the debate about Britain’s EU membership....
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David Cameron's surprise intervention shows just how worried Remain are
Using the door of Downing Street in this way is a tactic borne out of desperation. In a statement designed to win over elderly voters and reinforce fears about the economic consequence of a Leave...
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Churchill’s grandson Nicholas Soames warns Brexit will change Britain “beyond...
The Tory grandee says the EU “rose like a phoenix” from the ashes of war.*/ Tory MP Nicholas Soames isn’t the only one warning Brexit could threaten peace in our time, but he does have some family...
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What the story of the niqab-wearing Welsh speaker tells us about what we want...
Confirmation bias is always a powerful thing. We’re always hungry for scraps that can support our own narratives and reinforce our belief that we are right. You know this story because you’ve seen it...
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Labour MPs record a video in honour of Jo Cox
MPs from the 2015 intake have recorded a video calling on Jo Cox's death to spur a change in British politics. More than 30 Labour MPs from the 2015 intake have come together to record a video in...
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Chinese loan sharks are using nudes as collateral. Is this the grim future of...
The economics of shame. When female students in Guangdong, a southern province in China, applied for a small loan, they were met with a very specific demand. Send naked photos of yourself holding...
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Autism and gut bacteria – the surprising link between the mind and the stomach
A recent paper has found that autistic-related social patterns can be reversed when one species of gut bacteria is present in the microbiome of mice. Autism – a developmental disorder that causes...
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The EU doesn't protect workers' rights - it has destroyed them
Freedom of movement is about bosses driving down wages, not holidays A feeble and erroneous argument for supporting the EU – one which is repeatedly used by both government and opposition leaders – is...
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"I support Remain": John Barnes rejects Michael Gove's claim that he is...
The former England footballer swiftly contradicts the Justice Secretary's comment. The former England footballer John Barnes has slapped Michael Gove down for claiming that he backs Brexit. During a...
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EU referendum debate: Sadiq Khan and Ruth Davidson give Remain the punch it...
The battle-hardened London mayor and Scottish Tory leader relentlessly exposed Leave's mendacity. Throughout the EU referendum campaign, a recurring theme has been that the Remain side lacks...
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Time to bury Economic Man: why we make political decisions based on emotions...
The importance of emotions over “facts” is something that the Leave campaign seemed instinctively to understand. In a recent BBC documentary a woman stood crying in front of a selection of potatoes at...
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David Cameron made these 6 promises - what he actually delivered
David Cameron gave Britain equal marriage, but also Brexitpocalypse. Speaking at his final Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, David Cameron said he would "never forget" the day a staff member at...
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Why did Labour's NEC agree to these rule changes?
Labour's executive committee is under fire for restricting new sign-ups and members from voting. Here's why it happened. Schrödinger’s candidate is alive after all. Jeremy Corbyn has cleared probably...
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