Knife Crime Myth Busting

On this week's New Statesman podcast, Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush are discussing Britain's issues with knife crime which have been under the microscope in recent weeks. Then, Helen speaks to Anne Washburn about her plays The Twilight Zone and Shipwreck, and what it's like to be a playwright trying to capture Trump's America. And finally, in You Ask Us, Helen and Stephen are answering the unanswerable: what could Christ Grayling do to get sacked?

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