Watch out – Trump could use the mid-terms to trigger a political crisis
The president will do everything he can to cheat the mid-terms. But the real trouble will start when Congress returns in January next year
The Magazine
Nolan’s true message? When reading dies, so does civilisation
His film has put The Odyssey on the bestseller list – yet a third of adults in the UK say that they have already given up on books
Is Andy Burnham just a lucky general?
The PM has made a winning start, but he’s had help from his enemies – and he may already be fighting the wrong battles
Farage won’t appear on The Rest Is Politics.. it’s one of many signs he’s floundering
The old Farage would have jumped at being our guest. The new one is less confident
Has-bin: This could be the end of Nigel Farage
Reform’s leader expects to win Clacton comfortably – but scandals that could envelop the party are widening
Vicky Krieps, the woman who won’t play along
The Love Me Tender star on method acting, motherhood and refusing to fit in
Why everyone in parliament is always pissed: I know – I used to be one of them
Everywhere you turn, people are handing you a drink. In your 20s, it can be quite fun. But as the years drag on, the problems start
Writers
Alastair Campbell
Farage won’t appear on The Rest Is Politics.. it’s one of many signs he’s floundering
Marie Le Conte
Burnham’s How To Fail episode teaches us all a lesson
Matthew d’Ancona
Nolan’s true message? When reading dies, so does civilisation
Patience Wheatcroft
Don’t forget Andy – you need to put some stick about
Tanit Koch
Germany – where political rebellion has become fashionable again
Paul Mason
A message to the UK – if you can’t keep up with the AI revolution, you’re toast
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Burnham’s How To Fail episode teaches us all a lesson
Applying for a job with Steven Bartlett – very odd and very revealing
The pope, AI and nuclear war
Excuse me Odyssey fans, but Troy is in Turkey, not Greece
Has-bin: This could be the end of Nigel Farage
All the problems Instagram ads have tried to solve for me that I do not actually have
Podcasts
Touching Grass
Panopticons and the fall of the Magaverse
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Is Andy Burnham a hot dad, and eff off Gianni Infantino
The Two Matts
Burnham’s flying start… but is he also fibbing?
Touching Grass
Deal or No Deal, and should men pay for everything?
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Why tell ourselves lies about prison time? And what do we miss about the 70s?
The Two Matts
What is it about the prospect of a Reform government they don’t get?
Arts & Culture
Vicky Krieps, the woman who won’t play along
The Love Me Tender star on method acting, motherhood and refusing to fit in
Applying for a job with Steven Bartlett – very odd and very revealing
How the music doc killed music journalism
The beautiful, unsettling world of Godfried Donkor
Vent to your heart’s content: Why women love rage rooms
Audio
Panopticons and the fall of the Magaverse
Lucy Reade discusses the infamous ‘kissing lawyers’ and James Ball dives into why the influencers behind the ‘Magaverse’ are quietly losing their audiences
The Two Matts Q&A: Is Andy Burnham a hot dad, and eff off Gianni Infantino
The Matts answer listeners’ questions including: when will politicians actually face up to the climate crisis?
Burnham’s flying start… but is he also fibbing?
The Matts appreciate the velocity of action in Andy Burnham’s first days as PM
Deal or No Deal, and should men pay for everything?
James Ball takes us through how choosing between £50,000 or a 50% chance of a million is actually very political and Lucy Reade unpacks High Value Womanhood
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Why tell ourselves lies about prison time? And what do we miss about the 70s?
The Matts answer listener questions including: Has Andy Burnham made a mistake appointing so many loyalists?
What is it about the prospect of a Reform government they don’t get?
The Matts dig into the reaction to Andy Burnham’s first few days in government
The worst Odyssey reactions and the Washington Post’s very bad YouTube channel
This week Lucy Reade unpacks the very worst online reactions to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and James Ball introduces us to the Washington Post’s very bad YouTube channel.
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Is Andy Burnham just a lucky general?
Watch out – Trump could use the mid-terms to trigger a political crisis
A message to the UK – if you can’t keep up with the AI revolution, you’re toast
Meet Young Bob, the teen Christian nationalist star of the UK’s hard right
Trump has made his biggest, most dangerous mistake yet
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Politics
Meet Young Bob, the teen Christian nationalist star of the UK’s hard right
Burnham’s How To Fail episode teaches us all a lesson
Farage won’t appear on The Rest Is Politics.. it’s one of many signs he’s floundering
Germany – where political rebellion has become fashionable again
Letter of the week: How to deliver social care with dignity
Don’t forget Andy – you need to put some stick about
You’re decent and tolerant – but how tolerant should you be towards fascists?
Does Giorgia Meloni really want more Italians shooting each other?
Brexit
Want to know Burnham’s EU policy? Watch Ed Miliband
The new foreign secretary appears to have successfully wrestled back ownership of European policy from the Cabinet Office
Should Burnham really have nixed Nick Thomas-Symonds?
The outgoing Europe minister, a Starmer loyalist, has paid the price despite putting in the hard yards on a Brexit reset
Yet more Brexit baggage we’re left with
The EU is banning airlines from charging for hand luggage. Guess who will only, at best, half-benefit?
The EU’s Burnham question – is the new PM worth the risk?
Andy Burnham is pro-EU and politicians across the continent know it. The issue is whether he will last long enough to change British views on Europe
Ann Widdecombe changed politics – and I should know
The horribly murdered politician wrote the playbook of the right wing populism that Andy Burnham must now confront
How Gibraltar got the best of both worlds
Next week residents of the Rock will be able to travel anywhere in the Schengen area without restriction, leaving the UK in the shade
Ukraine
The WWI ‘butcher’ who inspired Putin’s meat-grinder warfare
Douglas Haig’s willingness to trade thousands of lives for a few miles of ground has proved sadly durable
Burnham’s biggest problem – UK leftists parroting Putin’s lies
Russia is losing the war in Ukraine, so the Kremlin is boosting its disinformation campaign. Unfortunately for the next PM, the British left are falling for it
Inside the empty palaces of the faded Soviet scientific dream
Photographs of iron curtain research labs reveal the depth of communist ambition – and the fatal flaw buried within it
A message to the next PM – to avoid Starmer’s fate, concentrate on defence
This is Labour’s last chance to see off the threat of a 2029 Farage victory. There is one piece of advice that the next PM needs to hear
Ukraine is showing Europe what it needs to become
A country many expected to fall in weeks has turned into a laboratory for the future of defence, digital government and national resilience. Now the EU must follow
Why have we let Putin get away with it for so long?
The Intelligence and Security Committee demanded a full inquiry into Russian meddling in British politics. It never happened. A new report makes clear that it needs to happen – now
The big picture
The battle of the Notting Hill Carnival
Fifty years ago, a riot made the front pages – but violence, racism and political hysteria couldn’t stop the party
‘Someone opened the door and we were in hell’: This is what it’s like to be caught in a wildfire
A photographer who survived Greece’s deadliest blaze has turned her trauma into testimony against neglect and cover-ups
Great Lives
Inside the wild film flop that unlocked Robin Williams
The night Fela Kuti turned music into a weapon
Phyo Zeya Thaw, the MC who faced down Myanmar’s generals
Kevin Keegan was my babysitter
Inside the notebooks that built Bruce Lee
Sam Neill found a different way to be famous
Applying for a job with Steven Bartlett – very odd and very revealing
The pope, AI and nuclear war