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The 2025 Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author on the art world, how we measure value and the role of criticism today
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Emily Lawford is the online editor at the New Statesman. She is an identical twin and is half American, which means she has four passports.
The 2025 Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author on the art world, how we measure value and the role of criticism today
By Emily LawfordAt the free speech festival, people were prophesying a race-fuelled civil war
By Emily LawfordThe migration minister is hawkish on protecting Britain’s borders – but rejects Reform’s politics of division
By Emily LawfordTwenty years after the book, Stephenie Meyer still knows what we ache for
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