Denmark’s asylum policy isn’t the answer
A harsh, intrusive Danish-style immigration system won’t win right wing votes for Labour and will enrage the party’s traditional supporters. When will this government learn?
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Inside the mind of a 16-year-old
At the next election, 16-year-olds will be able to vote for the first time ever. If politicians don’t help them now, despair will push them into the arms of populists
The malign right can’t be allowed to destroy the BBC
Panorama made mistakes but this ‘scandal’ is the work of populists trying to control the airwaves. They won’t rest
“We need to understand that the good guys rape”
When philosopher Manon Garcia went to the Gisèle Pelicot trial, what struck her most was the defendants’ sheer lack of remorse. If we can’t change this, she asks, can we live with men?
Nick Fuentes, American Nazi
Fuentes is a racist, a Holocaust denier and an admirer of Hitler – and he is now on the verge of the US political mainstream
Mamdani, a blip or the future?
The new mayor of New York’s victory has let a little light back in after a year of darkness
The man at the heart of the Kraftwerk machine
Wolfgang Flür, once part of the band’s classic line-up, on putting humanity into electronic music
Arts & Culture
The man at the heart of the Kraftwerk machine
Wolfgang Flür, once part of the band’s classic line-up, on putting humanity into electronic music
Anemone is a seriously accomplished debut
Riot Women is the most important show of the year
Is this the worst ever Stephen King adaptation?
I ruined Billy Joel’s life
Audio
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Is it time to let talent like Mamdani run for president?
Matthew d’Ancona and Matt Kelly again respond to your queries. They discuss whether it is time for the US to repeal its natural-born citizen clause and let talent like Zohran Mamdani run for president and if reducing regulations would allow the Michelle Mones of this world to prosper, and revisit their chat with Jo Bartosch […]
EXCLUSIVE: How the BBC dossier author HIMSELF doctored Trump’s quotes
The Matts kick off the show discussing The New World’s exclusive by political editor James Ball that Michael Prescott – author of the dossier into the BBC – himself doctored Trump quotes in the report, making his evidence seem more damning. It’s an extraordinary revelation that calls into question Prescott’s journalistic judgement. To read the […]
Dick Cheney, the unlikely anti-Trump symbol
In Trump’s eyes, Cheney was a non-person who did not even merit a comment upon his death
The super-rich are just super-lucky
Luck has played a part in how the world’s billionaires gathered their wealth. The issue arises when they don’t quite see it this way
A deep dive into the world of porn with Jo Bartosch
The Matts join the fray on chaos at the BBC … what does it mean for the future of the corporation and why we should all be glad to pay for it. Then they are joined by Jo Bartosch, co-author of Pornocracy, an argument about the evils of pornography in today’s world. How has porn […]
Reeves flunks it
The Matts are bewildered at the chancellor’s performance this morning – who was she talking to? What was she trying to achieve? Why can’t anyone in government seem to speak plain English? Also this week – as The New World launches a long-term campaign Read Against Racism, the Matts analyse how it is that the […]
Elon Musk’s role in funding fascism
What Musk calls free speech, I call the promotion of fascism. The Tesla CEO needs to leave our politics alone
The Autocrats … Trump and Xi kiss and make up (for now)
Donald Trump meets President Xi of China and saves face in his latest about-turn in policy. Is there method in the madness or is this yet more evidence of the capricious randomness at the heart of Trump’s foreign policy? Also … Matt D watches the latest production to emerge from the writing genius that is […]
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Are we giving Nigel Farage too much airtime?
Matthew d’Ancona and Matt Kelly again respond to your queries. They discuss whether the pod is giving Nigel Farage too much airtime, why nobody is talking about the fundamental realities of the UK economy and the government’s twin responses to Prince Andrew and the grooming gangs scandal. Plus they talk about whether Piers Morgan is […]
The Two Matts
National disgrace: Where Andrew and the grooming gangs meet
The Matts see a parallel between two outrages; the disgusting conduct of Prince Andrew; a man shielded from consequences of his depravity by power and wealth – and the national grooming gang scandals; men shielded from consequences of their depravity by a failure of the liberal establishment to confront reality. Both cases touch on what […]
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Keeping misogyny in business
How Reform’s Nathan Gill became a Russian agent
The Epstein enablers who looked away
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Why Britain’s public services are so bad
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Christian Calgie and the death of cancel culture
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Podcasts
The Two Matts
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Is it time to let talent like Mamdani run for president?
The Two Matts
EXCLUSIVE: How the BBC dossier author HIMSELF doctored Trump’s quotes
The Two Matts
A deep dive into the world of porn with Jo Bartosch
The Two Matts
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Is charisma now a political party in its own right?
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Is the Mamdani moment as big as it seems?
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Reeves flunks it
Brexit
Farage and the patriots who hate Britain
Whether criticising our institutions, sucking up to the US or fleeing for warmer climes, it turns out that the Brexiteers don’t seem to love the UK after all
Letter of the week: The rise in racism and government inaction
Write to letters@thenewworld.co.uk to have your views voiced in the magazine
A touch of Frost for the Institute of Economic Affairs
The architect of Boris Johnson’s botched Brexit deal has been appointed director-general of the right wing think tank
Shanker Singham, the Daily Express’s dubious ‘Brexit guru’
Who is the ‘guru’ telling Express readers how getting closer to the EU will kill growth in the face of overwhelming evidence?
Letter of the week: Nigel Farage, the biggest charlatan of all
Write to letters@thenewworld.co.uk to have your views voiced in the magazine
If Starmer accepts Brexit is causing carnage, why won’t he scrap it?
Labour’s refusal to think about joining the customs union shows reality is an alien concept
Ukraine
The prayers under fire in Ukraine
In frozen trenches and shattered towns, chaplains pray with the dying, bless the living and try to keep hope alive
Putin thinks he can’t lose
The Russian president rejected Donald Trump’s peace proposals because he thinks he has the advantage in Ukraine. He’s wrong
How to make sense of Putin’s empire
As Karl Schlögel reminded us, Putin waged this war in Ukraine not only for military means, but as a battle for hearts and minds
Are we already at war?
Russia is sending its drones and bombers into Nato airspace. Whatever this is, it feels like just the beginning
Inside Russia’s propaganda machine
Exceedingly wealthy and close to the Kremlin, the infamous Vladimir Solovyov has become a dominating voice on airwaves since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
The Ukrainians reclaiming Odesa’s history
Vladimir Putin claimed the city was Russian in 2023, but staking the claim doesn’t make it so
The big picture
Tunnel visions: The world’s most beautiful subway stations
From Helsinki to Buenos Aires, one man’s obsession with the art and architecture of our underground railways
When punk took on the National Front
Rock Against Racism’s joyous free concerts beat back the far right in 1970s Britain. That defiant blend of politics and music remains an inspiration – but its playbook may be obsolete
Great Lives
Doris Lessing, the writer who filled her own world with stories just to survive
Leonard Cohen, the poet laureate of gloom
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the football club owner who made dreams come true
Junko Tabei, the first woman to conquer Everest
Thomas Sankara, the hopeful leader whose country proved ungrateful
Emilie Schindler, one half of a team of equals
Keeping misogyny in business
Return of the glassholes
