Political sentimentalism was never enough to overturn patriarchal beauty standards.

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Christopher Lasch, Steve Bannon and Donald Trump all understand the unique current of our historical moment.

For centuries it was “the Lock and Key of England”, the garrison town that guarded the realm against Julius Caesar, William ...

The all-action American novelist is praised for his virile heroics – but it was his instinct for “the feminine” that gave his ...

And thus Chanukah, which usually takes place somewhere between late November and mid-December, so all eight nights are done ...

The New Statesman’s choice of the year’s essential fiction and non-fiction.

Their campaign became the tool of cynical politicians.

Having spent prodigiously, the SNP is recognising the need to make government leaner and more efficient. There are more ...

The agreed pause in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has been repeatedly violated. By Sebastian Shehadi The relief that swept over Lebanon after a 60-day ceasefire deal was agreed in late ...

In Stranger Than Fiction, the American editor Edwin Frank seeks to tell the story of the modern novel through an eccentric, provoking list of 32 books. By John Mullan The photo of the author on the ...

Is that me on the See it. Say it. Sorted poster? Everyone thinks the man in the image is me, even my own mother. So I decided to investigate By Yo Zushi In 2012, biochemists at the Fred Hutchinson ...