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Five must-read pieces from the magazine

  1. Cameron fantasises about the next big push while the troops struggle
    The further down the Conservative Party hierarchy you go, the more despondency you find.
    By Rafael Behr

  2. Amis and Larkin: Hate in a cold climate Kingsley Amis's novel Lucky Jim has its origins in his intense and competitive friendship with Philip Larkin. By Keith Gessen

  3. Boris Johnson: The man who would be king
    David Cameron's rivalry with Boris Johnson is perhaps the most fascinating relationship in British politics. How has it evolved over the decades since the pair were at Eton? And which of them will triumph in the end? By Andrew Gimson

  4. Failure looms for George Osborne
    The Chancellor will be forced to face facts in his autumn statement - there's no other way of plugging the £190bn hole in his Budget than chasing after "plan B". By George Eaton

  5. The unquiet mind of Hilary Mantel
    A portrait of the author of the Booker-winning Wolf Hall. She talks to Sophie Elmhirst about memory, class, Bring Up the Bodies and the unsettled writer's life. By Sophie Elmhirst

Five must-read blogs

  1. David Cameron: from foolhardy champion swimmer to panicked doggy-paddler
    The prime minister's party conference speech had only regurgitated rhetoric, with no policy, ideas or budget to back it up. By Alex Andreou

  2. The lost art of handwriting
    Inspired by Philip Hensher's new book, the NS team reveal their hands. By Philip Maughan

  3. Labour has big questions to answer on education
    Until there is a clear political answer to Cameron's offer of state schools that look like private ones, Labour isn't seriously in the business of debating education policy. By Rafael Behr

  4. How to keep politics out of policing
    Just how independent are the non-party-affiliated candidates for the new Police and Crime Commissioner positions? By Craig Harper

  5. Life after a Twitterstorm
    Tracking down a man whose arrogant email went viral, Alan White wonders: where is groupthink taking us? By Alan White

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