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THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – SEPT. 18, 2026

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THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘Will AI Kill Us All’ – How the end of the world became big business…

Will AI kill us all?

Tech companies are turning apocalypse into profit By New Statesman

Donald Trump’s last hurrah

Ahead of the midterms, the US president led an unorthodox convention for his true fans By Freddie Hayward

Can stuffed animal corpses cure my fears of death?

My wife’s pregnancy terrified me, so I plunged into the morbid world of British taxidermy By Yoel Noorali

Ed Miliband is remaking Britain’s foreign policy

By Ailbhe Rea

Vinted Brain

By Kate Mossman

Does America even remember 9/11?

By Freddie Hayward

Our island stories

By John Mullan

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THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – SEPT. 11, 2026

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THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The World According To Ed’ – How Miliband plans to reset British foreign policy – starting with Israel….

Ed Miliband is remaking Britain’s foreign policy

The Foreign Secretary has unveiled the biggest reset in UK relations with Israel for decades By Ailbhe Rea

Does America even remember 9/11?

Its legacy has been twisted out of recognition By Freddie Hayward

Palestine’s children have suffered untold horrors

The young are too often the greatest casualties of war By Gordon Brown

Vinted Brain

How Britain lost its mind to online shopping addiction By Kate Mossman

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REASON MAGAZINE – OCTOBER 2026

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REASON MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The American Prison Experiment’ – A 250-year history of good intentions and bad results…

The American Prison Experiment: A 250-Year History of Good Intentions and Bad Results

A strange trip through the U.S. prison system’s never-ending cycle of failure and reform

European Cars Are Spying on Their Drivers. The Same Tech Could Be Coming to the U.S.

New cars in the E.U. must now have cameras that track drivers’ eyes and flag distractions.

Trump Said He Would Rid the Kennedy Center of ‘Woke.’ He Injected His Own Politics Instead.

This is what happens when you give the government control over artistic institutions.

Do You Have the Right To Possess an AR-15? The Supreme Court Will Soon Decide.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pair of cases involving rifle restrictions imposed by Connecticut and Cook County, Illinois.

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COMMENTARY MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 2026

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COMMENTARY MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How We Won The War On Terror’ – 25 Years after 9/11

How We Won the War on Terror

by Tod Lindberg

On September 20, 2001, President George W. Bush gave a major speech to Congress and the country in which he outlined the coming U.S. response to al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attack. He said, “Our war on terror begins with al-Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.” Thus began what would soon be known as the “Global War on Terror,” or GWOT, in its unlovely acronym

Toxic Smaxxulinity

by Christine Rosen

It’s a confusing time to be a man. For decades, the cultural left has insisted that “toxic masculinity” is roaming the land, threatening women’s safety and rights.

The Saudi Choice That Will Reshape the Middle East

by Jonathan Schanzer

Two possible paths, one pro-American, one not. Where will the Kingdom go?

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THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – AUGUST 14, 2026

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THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘A Very British Scandal’ – What the Jason Arday affair reveals about the UK.

The fall of Jason Arday

What does the response to his public disgrace tell us about Britain? By Pratinav Anil

A dream of Cambridge

The university’s place in the public imagination is as illusory as Jason Arday’s academic credentials By David Runciman

The world is more dangerous than I can ever remember

We are running out of time By Jeremy Bowen

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THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – AUGUST 7, 2026

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THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘Europe’s Shame’ – Attacked from all sides, the continent has turned against itself.

The Ceuta crisis has exposed Europe’s hollow centre

How the incursion revealed a continent divided against itself. By Bruno Maçães

Abandon all hope ye who examine government spending

Watch the full horror of our finances unroll before you By Will Dunn

Welcome to the pyrocene

This summer has proved that some people would rather watch things burn than inconvenience capitalism By Richard Seymour

The prophet of the new right

In the life and work of Correlli Barnett, we can find all the most dangerous currents of contemporary conservatism. By John Merrick

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THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JULY 31, 2026

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THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The New Terror’ – How the nuclear shadow returned….

The new nuclear terror

Our Cold War nightmares have returned as a global arms race By Katie Stallard

The responsibility of scientists

We created the nuclear monster. We must warn against it now By Carlo Rovelli

Andy Burnham’s shtick won’t work on Donald Trump

Maga officials view the “special relationship” as insulting By Freddie Hayward

Inside the Green Party’s defence divide

The left-wing faction behind Zack Polanski has called on the party to oppose increases to defence spending By Megan Kenyon

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THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JULY 24, 2026

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THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The Take Over’ – Inside Andy Burnham’s first days in No. 10….

The take over

In his first days in No 10, Andy Burnham showed his determination to do politics differently By Ailbhe Rea

No laughing matter

Jim Davidson and Nigel Farage represent an England that will not go quietly By Nicholas Harris

Gabriel Zucman: “There is an extreme wealth curse”

The French economist on the lies the rich tell us about wealth tax By Will Dunn

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THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JULY 17, 2026

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Andy Burnham knows our nostalgia - New Statesman

THE NEW STATESMN: The latest issue features ‘After Keir Starmer’…

After Keir Starmer

Can we move past our decade of failure? By Tom McTague

Madam President, Marine Le Pen?

With Marine Le Pen now free to run in next year’s election, France is entering uncharted political territory By Julian Jackson

Vladimir Putin has no way out

But he may not want one By Katie Stallard

King Charles’ decency is irrelevant

Andrew is no abberation. None of the royals deserve their moral authority By Oli Dugmore

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PROSPECT MAGAZINE – AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2026

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Prospect Magazine - Britain's leading monthly current affairs magazine

PROSPECT MAGAZINE: The latest issue features …

Britain’s next generation is all grown up

Young Britons are locked out of housing and jobs and crushed by the cost of living. Marie Le Conte argues that it’s time they were given back their future. Elsewhere, Alona Ferber visits Israel ahead of key elections and Jen Stout reports from Ukraine