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Tom Gatti

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Literary Editor, the Observer | Formerly New Statesman | Editor, Long Players (Bloomsbury)

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Jim Loughran @jiminwalkinstown.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
observer.co.uk/culture/book... wonderful review of new edition of #SeamusHeaney #poetry - example of the review as an art form in itself
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Seamus Heaney’s poems for a darkening age | The Observer
Collected in a landmark new edition, the late Irish writer’s work is attuned to wonder, replete with humanity and rooted in the tragedies of history
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Dave Madden @davemadden.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
This @fotoole.bsky.social piece is one of the best things I have ever read in a newspaper. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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Seamus Heaney’s poems for a darkening age | The Observer
Collected in a landmark new edition, the late Irish writer’s work is attuned to wonder, replete with humanity and rooted in the tragedies of history
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Tom Gatti @tomgatti.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
"Ardern represents an era of political leadership – achingly brief in retrospect – when hope seemed to be up for the fight with despair; when there was a genuine will to tackle the big issues of our time" –– @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social on @jacindaardern.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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Nicola Sturgeon: Jacinda Ardern ‘offered a different temp...
In 2017, she became the world’s youngest female leader. Ardern’s inspiring story makes us yearn for an era of courage and hope
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Tom Gatti @tomgatti.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Some news: after 11 years at the New Statesman I will be joining the Observer as Literary Editor in June. Couldn’t be more excited to be part of a new era for a great newspaper with books and culture criticism in its DNA. Huge thanks to the NS team — it has been a privilege.
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Tom Gatti @tomgatti.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The @newstatesman.com Spring Special is here! 🇷🇺 Kate Mossman meets @bbcstever.bsky.social 🗳️ Julian Barnes: my political life 💻 @ianleslie.bsky.social on Nvidia’s rise 🧑‍⚖️ @katiestallard.bsky.social on Duterte’s fall ⭐️ Gary Younge on Josephine Baker 🐝 @hjm.bsky.social Cover @stephencollins.bsky.social
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Tom Gatti @tomgatti.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
What rewatching Stand By Me taught me about adolescence www.newstatesman.com/culture/life...
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Tom Gatti @tomgatti.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I spoke to Andrey Kurkov about the unreality of life in Ukraine for the @newstatesman.com culture podcast www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/cul...
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Andrey Kurkov: "Life is now measured in Orwells and Kafkas"
The award-winning author reflects on life in Kyiv after three years of war.
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Tom Gatti @tomgatti.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
"Labour’s proposed changes to academies have been labelled an 'act of vandalism' that will 'destroy our schools'. This hyperbolic response has been repeated so often that it is in danger of reshaping reality." A corrective from former head Alasdair Macdonald www.newstatesman.com/politics/edu...
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The “success story” of Tory education reform is a mirage
False claims about academies’ performance are obscuring the ambition of Labour’s Schools Bill.
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Tom Gatti @tomgatti.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
In this week‘s @newstatesman.com –– David Kynaston & Francis Green on private schools @lilylynch.bsky.social on Donald Trump‘s Florida project @willdunn.bsky.social on Bill Gates and Ren Zhengfei @msrachelcooke.bsky.social on the riddle of Thatcher @chrispower.bsky.social on the making of WG Sebald
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I joined @tomgatti.bsky.social and Kate Mossman to chat about A Complete Unknown and protest songs on the New Statesman's Culture podcast www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/cul...
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The Times They Have a-Changed
Where is the protest song now?
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Joe Powell MP @joepowell.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I went for walk with @willdunn.bsky.social @newstatesman.com - we talked democracy, our housing crisis and why tackling dirty money and corruption is so important for our community. This is part of the answer to populists who cry corruption but have no answers. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Joe Powell: “Foreign wealth hollows out the community”
The Labour MP for Kensington and Bayswater on modern slavery, fighting corruption, and who owns London.
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Tom Gatti @tomgatti.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
In this week’s @newstatesman.com – Tina Brown on the abominable showman M Sandel & T Piketty on the left after Trump @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social on the Gatsby myths @yairwallach.bsky.social on the Gaza ceasefire @traceythorn.bsky.social – back to the 80s Cover by @andrecarrilho.bsky.social
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Tom Gatti @tomgatti.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Robert D Kaplan on the fall of the great powers Lyse Doucet on Syria after Assad @willdunn.bsky.social on Elon Musk’s attention economy @hannahsbee.bsky.social on the grooming scandal @traceythorn.bsky.social: New Year Old You + @andrewmarr.bsky.social @sathnam.bsky.social @alisonjourno.bsky.social
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