Statesmanship : the best of the New Statesman, 1913-2019
2019
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No British periodical has a richer and more distinguished archive than The New Statesman, which has long been at the centre of British political and cultural life. Some astonishing things were first published in its pages: great poems such as W.B. Yeats's 'Easter 1916' and Edward Thomas's 'Adlestrop'; H.G. Wells's interview with Stalin in 1934; C.P. Snow's 'Two Cultures' essay; Christopher Hitchens's final interview, conducted with Richard Dawkins; and Hugh Grant's 'The bugger bugged'. Most of the great political and cultural writers of the recent past have written for The New Statesman. This book tells the story of the New Statesman, from the eve of the First World War to the long aftermaths of 9/11 and the Great Recession. It looks forward as well as back, offering a unique and unpredictable perspective on the world.
Main title:
Statesmanship : the best of the New Statesman, 1913-2019 / edited and introduced by Jason Cowley.
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019.
Collation:
xvii, 413 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781474615013 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2271790
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