27 January – 2 February 2023
IN THIS ISSUE
12 Being Bret Easton Ellis The novelist on wokeness, serial killers and controversy
18 What Germany gets wrong Ukraine’s national security adviser on betrayal
26 Andy Murray Jason Cowley on the late style of the tennis great
29 Crony nation Rachel Cunliffe on a new wave of Tory sleaze
40 Mourning and melancholia Johanna Thomas-Corr on the literature of loss
46 The American berserk Sarah Churchwell on gun violence in the US
52 Iberian obsession Michael Prodger on the art of the Hispanic world
Inside Ukraine: Oleksiy Danilov on the onslaught to come
Unbreakable: Andy Murray
The language of loss
Please note that all submissions to the letters page, our competitions and reader offers are accepted solely subject to our terms and conditions: details available on our website. Subscription rates: UK £119.99; Europe €159.99; Rest of World US$199.99. Syndication/permissions/archive email: permissions@newstatesman.co.uk. Printed by Walstead Peterborough Ltd. Distribution by Marketforce. The New Statesman (ISSN 1364-7431) is published weekly by New Statesman Ltd, 40-42 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8EB, UK. Registered as a newspaper in the UK and USA
27 January – 2 February 2023 | The New Statesman
5