The New StatesmanVerifizierter Account

"I wonder what the name of the next woman will be, whose death will be presented as the case that is going to change everything." @jessphillips writes this week's diary.https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2021/10/jess-phillips-diary-waving-goodbye-to-my-thirties-and-why-the-government-cannot-keep-women-safe …

Turnout hit a record low in Iraq's election as opinion polls suggest many Iraqis have lost trust in government, writes @_BvdM.https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2021/10/iraqs-election-shows-a-society-fraying-at-the-edges …

"Men like me have been waiting our whole lives for a bisexual Superman."https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2021/10/men-like-me-have-been-waiting-our-whole-lives-for-a-bisexual-superman …

"Waving goodbye to my thirties, and why the government cannot keep women safe." @jessphillips writes this week's diary.https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2021/10/jess-phillips-diary-waving-goodbye-to-my-thirties-and-why-the-government-cannot-keep-women-safe …

The threats made by Boris Johnson’s government against the EU do the UK’s international standing nothing but harm, writes @DavidGauke.https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2021/10/the-uks-position-on-the-northern-ireland-protocol-is-absurd-and-reckless …

Interview: "Last year, Simon Roper posted a video on YouTube in which he reconstructed the development of the London accent from 1340 to 2006 in a single monologue."https://www.newstatesman.com/the-culture-interview/2021/10/simon-roper-the-23-year-old-reconstructing-the-past-for-millions-of-online-viewers …

Men like me have been waiting our whole lives for a bisexual Superman, writes @20thcenturymarc.https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2021/10/men-like-me-have-been-waiting-our-whole-lives-for-a-bisexual-superman …

The WHO-approved jab could prevent up to 4.3 million malaria cases and 22,000 deaths each year. But we can do better, writes @StuartJRitchie.https://www.newstatesman.com/health-science/2021/10/we-should-be-optimistic-about-the-malaria-vaccine-but-not-necessarily-for-the-reason-you-think …

"There’s simply something compelling about watching someone with no inhibitions whatsoever." @JonnElledge on why Succession's Roman Roy is the TV show's most captivating character.https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv/2021/10/how-successions-roman-roy-became-the-most-compelling-and-grotesque-character-on-tv …

Using his YouTube channel to bring old languages back to life, Simon Roper is emerging as a new kind of digital historian.https://www.newstatesman.com/the-culture-interview/2021/10/simon-roper-the-23-year-old-reconstructing-the-past-for-millions-of-online-viewers …

Turnout hit a record low in Iraq's election as opinion polls suggest many Iraqis have lost trust in government, religious institutions and each other, writes @_BvdM.https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2021/10/iraqs-election-shows-a-society-fraying-at-the-edges …

London is getting wetter – and its transport network may be too slow to adapt, writes @emmahaslett.https://www.newstatesman.com/environment/climate/2021/10/london-is-getting-wetter-and-its-transport-network-may-be-too-slow-to-adapt …

Despite shocking headlines, nothing seems to turn the public against social platforms. Is this bad news overload or successful PR strategy?https://www.newstatesman.com/social-media/2021/10/in-2021-social-media-companies-are-essentially-immune-to-criticism-and-they-know-it …

Climate science shows extreme rainfall goes hand in hand with a warming world, but the UK’s capital is not getting to grips with flooding, writes @emmahaslett.https://www.newstatesman.com/environment/climate/2021/10/london-is-getting-wetter-and-its-transport-network-may-be-too-slow-to-adapt …

Watching Jeff Bezos send William Shatner speeding into the atmosphere was equal parts thrilling and creepy, writes @_emilybootle.https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2021/10/william-shatner-in-space-the-most-elitist-spiritual-experience-imaginable …

"Reading the novel, one cannot help but be reminded of Smiley’s words in The Secret Pilgrim: 'It’s over, and so am I… Time you rang down the curtain on yesterday’s cold warrior." @GavJacobson reviews John le Carré’s final novel.https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2021/10/silverview-john-le-carre-review …