The Cultural New Times

To view this email as a web page, go [here.]( [Mace Group]( [new-statesman]( [ns nl v3]( It's recess in the Commons this week, and the political conversation has been dominated by Donald Trump (yes, him again) and a small squall over the Commons Speaker, John Bercow. In the political column, Stephen Bush has been looking at Labour - noting that all sides of the party are preparing for the post-Corbyn era. (Sign up for his daily Morning Call email [here]( In the magazine, we have a special issue - a cultural New Times package, covering smartphones, the decline of ownership, clean eating, the future of journalism, internet language and more. It's funny, enlightening and provocative and I hope you'll enjoy it. Next week, the big story might well be the two by-elections - Stoke and Copeland. Jeremy Corbyn's team will be hoping that Labour hold both seats, particularly since Paul Nuttall of Ukip became embroiled in a row about whether his close friend died at Hillsborough. If they don't, it will add to the simmering tensions within the party. See you soon, Helen [@helenlewis]( Editor's Picks --------------------------------------------------------------- [Who is in the running to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader?] [Who is in the running to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader?]( Stephen Bush on the keepers of the Corbyn flame. [Could \] [Could "microdoses" of LSD be used to help depression?]( Philip Maughan finds out what happened when Ayelet Waldman self-medicated with LSD in A Really Good Day. ["The fat lady sings no more": inside opera's diva effect]( Caroline Crampton gets inside the diva effect - with Angela Gheorghiu and Jonas Kaufmann. [Forbidden places: a journey into Europe's borderlands] [Forbidden places: a journey into Europe's borderlands]( Caroline Moorehead is absorbed by Kapka Kassabova's powerful account of immigration, friendship and travel. [How my visit to the Church of Scientology ended in a police station] [How my visit to the Church of Scientology ended in a police station]( Scientologists sent John Sutherland to prison but he still has a particle of admiration for their ways. [NewStatesman_Feb17]( [www.NewStatesman.com]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Centrica]( [The secret anti-capitalist history of McDonald's] [The secret anti-capitalist history of McDonald's]( As a new film focuses on the real founder of McDonald's, his grandson tells Anoosh Chakelian the unlikely story behind his family's long-lost restaurant. [First they came for Pepe: How ] [First they came for Pepe: How "ironic" Nazism is taking over the internet]( Over the last year, various internet subcultures have embraced Nazi iconography while simultaneously claiming to hold no Nazi beliefs. Amelia Tait explores why. [Click here for more information]( [podcast]( [Facebook]( [Google Plus]( [Twitter]( [Tumblr]( © copyright 2016 New Statesman LTD. John Carpenter House, 7 Carmelite Street, Blackfriars, EC4Y 0AN, United Kingdom. To stop receiving news and offers from the New Statesman, please [click here](.