20-26 January 2023

IN THIS ISSUE

14

Trouble at the BBC

Victoria Derbyshire on shaping Newsnight

22

Critical condition

Phil Whitaker on what can be done to save the NHS

26

Beijing’s future

Katie Stallard on the “wolf warrior” diplomat Qin Gang

37

Abuse of power

Rachel Cunliffe on the toxic culture at the Met

46

An American ego

Nick Burns on Norman Mailer’s power to shock

48

Into the wild

Alice Vincent on the nature writer Nan Shepherd

What Jeff Beck knew Kate Mossman celebrates the great guitarist

Combative style: Qin Gang, China’s new foreign minister

Macho: Norman Mailer

The NHS: healthcare in crisis

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