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Trump doesn’t care about the bombing of Iran, or global security. Now Europe must fill the volatile vacuum he has left behind
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Watching my friend Elon Musk short-circuit
Leading neurotechnologist Philip Low and the world’s richest man were once inseparable. Now, in an exclusive interview, Low explains why he calls his ally a power-mad narcissist – and predicts how Musk will react now Trump has turned on him
William F Buckley, the man who put prime time into politics
Before Trump, there was William F Buckley Jr – the reactionary showman who shaped our modern culture wars
How to make the perfect cosmopolitan
As the world lurches back towards nationalism and isolationism, does cosmopolitanism and its liberal philosophies have a place today?
The ugly truth about Farage’s baby boom
After a bruising few days, Reform’s leader is joining other populists in embracing nativism – encouraging the ‘original’ population to have more children while immigration is restricted
The Brazilian motorway that thinks it’s a park
How São Paulo’s ‘Big Worm’ went from urban scar to public space – and what it tells us about city futures
A Netflix show to challenge misogyny.. and it’s not Adolescence
Forever talks about the stuff Stephen Graham’s hit show didn’t – including what we owe young people in a pornified world
Arts & Culture
The Brazilian motorway that thinks it’s a park
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Steve McQueen and the art of resistance
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Luc Tuymans, the angry artist who went to church
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Down and out in the manosphere – with James Bloodworth
The Matts are joined by author James Bloodworth whose new book Lost Boys is a brilliantly insightful exploration of misogyny and conspiracy rife within groups of young men today. James does what many journalists don’t – he goes on the road, all over the world, to meet with his subjects and understand what drives this […]
The New European becomes The New World – with Alastair Campbell
The Matts are joined by Alastair Campbell to discuss today’s big news – the rebrand of The New European to The New World. Why are we changing? Who is The New World for? Who will be writing in it… and about what. All will be revealed. Founder and editor-in-chief Matt Kelly and editor-at-large Matthew d’Ancona […]
A new magazine for new times
The New World will hopefully outlast the new world trends, traits and personalities currently doing so much damage in so many ways
Alasdair MacIntyre’s moral bombshell
The philosopher’s 1981 book After Virtue suggested that modern morality is fragmented and rootless – an argument that still stands today
The country desperate for EU membership
Unfortunately for Edi Rama, Albania’s prime minister, the country’s place in the EU will be secured not by optics, but by its democratic credentials and right now, those are being tested
Where is God when children are starving?
Atheists have a simple answer: it is evidence that God doesn’t exist, while believers say the gift of human free will brings with it the possibility of doing evil
Labour must reverse the winter fuel allowance cuts
Of all the things that the Labour government has done, this is the one that has done the most political damage
John Stuart Mill and the price of genius
The philosopher lost his childhood at the expense of his father’s educational experiment. It was far too high a price for anyone to pay
Brexit is dead. Long live the future
The Matts are on something of a high. This week’s EU deal suddenly feels much more consequential than they’d expected. Credit (for once) to Starmer … even in his technocratic monotone, he presided over a clear vibe shift in the UK’s relationship with the EU. No, it doesn’t go nearly far enough. No, it’s not […]
Bertrand Russell: lessons from a pacifist prophet
Many secular philosophers have opposed war and particular wars, but Russell stands in a class apart
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Gibraltar’s Brexit war is finally over. Cue the outrage
A long-awaited and much-needed compromise has the loony right crying about betrayal… and potatoes
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Reset Britain is still failing, only slower
Keir Starmer’s new deal with the EU was welcome, but it’s only a start. If we want to improve the UK’s place in the world, we need to go much further
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Michael Gove was set to back Remain before a demotion by David Cameron saw his salary cut, his ex-wife has claimed
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The New World will hopefully outlast the new world trends, traits and personalities currently doing so much damage in so many ways
Our new world demands vision. Does Starmer have one?
The PM has been a disappointment so far. Now he must make voters choose between Farage’s view of the past, and his own view of the future
Ukraine
Ukraine braces for a cruel summer
As Putin’s summer offensive begins, insiders in Zelensky’s camp say they are facing the toughest time in years – with scary ramifications for Europe and the world
In Kyiv, my app told me: You are about to be bombed
What it’s like to be in the centre of one of Putin’s airstrikes
Putin’s tortured prisoners of war
Evidence and eyewitness testimony shows how Russia has maimed some Ukrainian PoWs. But other soldiers and civilians have simply disappeared from sight
Ukraine’s defiance is rarer than minerals
The most egregious demands from the US-Ukraine minerals deal’s first draft have gone. But, in Kyiv, there are fears that it still offers no concrete security guarantees
Steve Witkoff, the world’s worst diplomat
He is a life-long property developer. So how the hell did he end up as America’s top international negotiator, on everything from Ukraine to the Iran nuclear deal?
The fall of Saigon, 50 years on
Half a century ago, a humiliated America scrambled out of a losing war. But parallels with Ukraine show little has changed
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Steve McQueen and the art of resistance
A collection of images curated by the director tells the story of protest and resistance in Britain. But who wins and who loses is only part of the story
Zed Nelson’s unnatural world
The photographer’s images of man’s ongoing mission to tame and commercialise the wild are a spectacle
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Jorge Luis Borges, a doppelganger in Buenos Aires
Jack Johnson, the boxer who thrived as the world exploded around him
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Robert Capa, the photographer who couldn’t resist the lure of the battlefield
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