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Pippa Bailey is assistant editor and writer at the New Statesman.

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Religion

The race for Lambeth Palace

Can the next archbishop of Canterbury unite a divided Church?

By Pippa Bailey

The race for Lambeth Palace

Music

Nick Cave’s Wild God tour: a transcendental experience

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Life

Staying up all night for elections used to be fun. But not any more

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Film

In Heretic, Hugh Grant is a bashful, disarming serial killer

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Life

The secret to becoming a runner? The sweet promise of baked goods

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Escaping Eden: life after the Plymouth Brethren

Escaping Eden: life after the Plymouth Brethren

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Russell Brand's weird Christian comeback

Russell Brand’s weird Christian comeback

A cynic might say that his conversion is not really a conversion at all.

By Pippa Bailey

From Lauren Elkin to Elizabeth Strout: new books reviewed in short

From Lauren Elkin to Elizabeth Strout: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Immaculate Forms by Helen King and Augustus the Strong by Tim Blanning.

By Pippa Bailey, George Monaghan, Michael Prodger and Finn McRedmond

How Green Day’s American Idiot pitted punk against George W Bush

How Green Day’s American Idiot pitted punk against George W Bush

Twenty years ago, a trio of Calfornian stoners released a polemic against Republican America that politicised a generation.

By Pippa Bailey

I’m back on my bike – and I have plenty to say to my fellow road users

I’m back on my bike – and I have plenty to say to my fellow road users

Cycling without headphones has made it clear how not under-my-breath my under-my-breath commentary really is.

By Pippa Bailey

Bella Mackie’s champagne satires

Bella Mackie’s champagne satires

In the novelist’s bestselling whodunnits, her own North London set are just as awful as the callous mega-rich.

By Pippa Bailey

From Rachel Kushner to Mark Rowlands: new books reviewed in short

From Rachel Kushner to Mark Rowlands: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Stone Circles by Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings and The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective…

By Michael Prodger, Pippa Bailey and Megan Gibson

A new flat and a new joint life – the dream is no longer a dream

A new flat and a new joint life – the dream is no longer a dream

I pled with the universe, God, and any other higher powers I could think of. Finally, M— and I…

By Pippa Bailey

From Robert Bartlett to Donal Ryan: new books reviewed in short

From Robert Bartlett to Donal Ryan: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Sing Like Fish by Amorina Kingdon and Tracks on the Ocean by Sara Caputo.

By Michael Prodger, Pippa Bailey and George Monaghan

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