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Cover art direction Erica Weathers Fly guy: Kate Mossman meets Jeff Goldblum 50 Dry January: Nina Caplan on abstinence and excess 57 The Critics: Arts 43 Anna Leszkiewicz on another awards season dominated by established white men 50 Kate Mossman speaks to actor Jeff Goldblum about therapy, eggs and aerial gymnastics 52 Michael Prodger rounds up the highlights of the year in art 54 Film: Ryan Gilbey on a thin and glib #MeToo movie from a male director, Bombshell 55 Television: Rachel Cooke is unsettled by Addicted to Painkillers? Britain’s Opioid Crisis 55 Radio: Antonia Quirke welcomes a new season all about Beethoven on BBC Radio 3 “In a time of crisis, it’s wrong not to care, but caring seems fruitless” Amelia Tait, page 27 Back Pages 57 Drink Nina Caplan 58 Down and Out Nicholas Lezard 59 Deleted Scenes Sarah Manavis 60 Health Matters Phil Whitaker 61 Crossword, Subscriber of the Week and NS Word Games 62 The NS Q&A Jonathan Rowson Artwork Cartoons, photographs and illustrations by Alex Brenchley, Sean Coen, Andrew Evans, Tori Ferenc, Anthony Gerace, Grizelda, Kristian Hammerstad, Bob Rattray, Sébastien Thibault and Ian McGowan Graphics by Dan Murrell +What’s happening on newstatesman.com Why Big Issue competitors have arrived Anoosh Chakelian says grassroots responses to homelessness show the scale of the crisis A separate party won’t save Scottish Labour The party has lacked an effective leader and message for too long, says Chris Deerin The Tinder data radicals Eleanor Peake on why men are sharing their dating app history online The NS Podcast Each week, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian discuss the week in Westminster and beyond, and (try to) answer listeners’ questions about politics. Digital subscribers get an early, ad-free version of each episode. newstatesman.com/podcast Subscribe Save 49% Subscribe to the New Statesman for just £4.50 £2.31 a week. Turn to page 63 for more about the offer, or go to: newstatesman.com/ subscribe Just £120 for a one-year print subscription – even cheaper for students! Subscription inquiries: digital.subscriptions@ newstatesman.co.uk 0808 284 9422 The paper in this magazine originates from timber that is sourced from sustainable forests, responsibly managed to strict environmental, social and economic standards. The manufacturing mills have both FSC and PEFC certification and also ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditation. 17-23 JANUARY 2020 | NEW STATESMAN | 5

Cover art direction Erica Weathers

Fly guy: Kate Mossman meets Jeff Goldblum 50

Dry January: Nina Caplan on abstinence and excess 57

The Critics: Arts

43 Anna Leszkiewicz on another awards season dominated by established white men 50 Kate Mossman speaks to actor Jeff Goldblum about therapy, eggs and aerial gymnastics 52 Michael Prodger rounds up the highlights of the year in art 54 Film: Ryan Gilbey on a thin and glib #MeToo movie from a male director, Bombshell 55 Television: Rachel Cooke is unsettled by Addicted to Painkillers? Britain’s Opioid Crisis 55 Radio: Antonia Quirke welcomes a new season all about Beethoven on BBC Radio 3

“In a time of crisis, it’s wrong not to care, but caring seems fruitless”

Amelia Tait, page 27

Back Pages

57 Drink Nina Caplan 58 Down and Out Nicholas Lezard 59 Deleted Scenes Sarah Manavis 60 Health Matters Phil Whitaker 61 Crossword, Subscriber of the Week and NS Word Games 62 The NS Q&A Jonathan Rowson

Artwork

Cartoons, photographs and illustrations by Alex Brenchley, Sean Coen, Andrew Evans, Tori Ferenc, Anthony Gerace, Grizelda, Kristian Hammerstad, Bob Rattray, Sébastien Thibault and Ian McGowan

Graphics by Dan Murrell

+What’s happening on newstatesman.com

Why Big Issue competitors have arrived Anoosh Chakelian says grassroots responses to homelessness show the scale of the crisis

A separate party won’t save Scottish Labour The party has lacked an effective leader and message for too long, says Chris Deerin

The Tinder data radicals Eleanor Peake on why men are sharing their dating app history online

The NS Podcast

Each week, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian discuss the week in Westminster and beyond, and (try to) answer listeners’ questions about politics. Digital subscribers get an early, ad-free version of each episode. newstatesman.com/podcast

Subscribe

Save 49%

Subscribe to the New Statesman for just £4.50 £2.31 a week. Turn to page 63 for more about the offer, or go to: newstatesman.com/

subscribe Just £120 for a one-year print subscription – even cheaper for students!

Subscription inquiries: digital.subscriptions@ newstatesman.co.uk

0808 284 9422

The paper in this magazine originates from timber that is sourced from sustainable forests, responsibly managed to strict environmental, social and economic standards. The manufacturing mills have both FSC and PEFC certification and also ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditation.

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