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Rutger Bregman thinks happiness is overrated
In his 30s, Rutger Bregman, the Dutch historian, had what he described as "an early midlife crisis".
After a decade spent as a pundit, commenting o…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Has Starmer killed Welsh Labour?
Eluned Morgan, the first minister of Wales speaks to Megan Kenyon about her relationship with Keir Starmer, Welsh Labour's prospects in the upcoming …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Should we ban social media for under-16s?
Will Keir Starmer ban kids from social media?
The PM has promised a crackdown on social media and said he's "open-minded" to a full on, Australia-sty…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Labour Party's "unpopularity contest"
Labour's unpopularity contest, the joys of figure skating and bonkers advice from RFK Jr's nutrition chatbot.
Anoosh Chakelian and Will Dunn explore …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Wuthering Heights is a disgusting film, but is it a love story?
Wuthering Heights is a story that has been told and retold, adapted and reinterpreted so many times since publication in 1847.
Every generation see…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
£100k salary, feeling poor – is tax killing ambition?
A listener paying 67% in tax asks if Labour are destroying UK productivity.
From the new and improved New Statesman podcast studio, Anoosh and Rachel…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Exclusive investigation: England's maternity scandal
55 babies died at the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust between 2019 and 2023 that may have survived with better care.
The New Stat…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Is the Labour party having an ideological crisis?
Morgan McSweeney – Keir Starmer's closest aide and confidante – has left the Number 10 operation.
Our editor-in-chief Tom McTague asks, is it the beg…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Keir Starmer is safe - but for how long?
For days and weeks Westminster has been quivering with anticipation at the prospect of yet another prime ministerial resignation and leadership elect…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Starmer's top two aides quit
Less than 24 hours after Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney resigned, Tim Allan, director of communications, has quit.
Is this a rutheless c…
3 months, 4 weeks ago