Burnham, Binface and the sexist plumber: A guide to the Makerfield by-election candidates
Can Reform’s Kenyon beat King of the North Burnham in Makerfield? Probably not, but here’s our candidates guide
The Magazine
A history of Brexit in 256 disasters
A brilliant, forensic, sector-by-sector analysis of the damage done to our economy, our businesses and our daily lives by leaving the European Union
Let’s make Farage wear Brexit like a badge of shame
In a world of chancers and charlatans, we need facts at our fingertips as vital ammunition for the battles ahead: Beating Reform and joining the EU
The 13 people most to blame for Brexit
From liars like Johnson, Farage and Gove to incompetents like Cameron, May and Corbyn, here are the guilty men and women responsible for a nightmare
Jacob Rees-Mogg promised I could stay in Britain. Now I’m worried he was wrong
The British state did a deal with me years ago that allowed me to live here and be a European at the same time. I am not going to change my side of the bargain, no matter what happens
Meet the Brexiteers who moan that Brexit has made them unpopular
Bitter winners Douglas Carwell, Matthew Elliott and Sarah Vine want you to know they’re the real victims
Ten years of Brexit: The lessons of a low, dishonest decade
Build coalitions, revive internationalism and join – not rejoin – the EU. But be prepared to question your own assumptions, too
Arts & Culture
Is Thomas Tuchel the German that England always needed?
Technically brilliant and unafraid to take tough decisions – could he be the man to end 60 years of hurt and close a songbook of offensive chants?
How David Hockney became an accidental life coach
The shocking lesson of the BBC’s Brexit: A Very British Civil War
Disclosure Day is a thrilling finale to Spielberg’s lifelong UFO obsession
Can Gareth Southgate save young men?
Audio
A history of Brexit in 256 disasters
The Matts celebrate the launch of A History of Brexit in 256 Disasters, a book by Jonty Bloom with a foreword by Alastair Campbell and amazing illustrations by Martin Rowson chronicling the disastrous consequences of the 2016 referendum 10 long years ago!
Should the UK government be banning social media for under-16s?
This week is A Very Special Episode ™️, as Lucy Reade and James Ball discuss the recent UK government announcement that social media will be banned for under-16s.
The Two Matts Q&A: Do you really want your country back?
The Matts answer questions from listener’s including; are we heading for a summer of discontent; do we understand what people mean when they say they want their country back and should pensioners lose the triple lock?
Farewell David Hockney … and farewell Keir Starmer too?
The Matts digest the events from yesterday and the underlying duplicity at the heart of government that resulted in the blistering resignations of John Healey and Al Cairns
Britain is in grave danger of disintegrating
The horrific attack by a Sudanese asylum seeker in Belfast has triggered a wave of disorder
Phone bans at concerts, and Pattie Gonia v Patagonia
This week, Lucy Reade and James Ball argue over phone-free concerts, as well as discuss the age-old story of the evil multinational corporation taking on the plucky independent creator… or is there more to the story than meets the eye?
The Two Matts Q&A: Will Starmer survive, and has the Pope got it right on AI?
The Matts answer listeners’ questions in their weekly Q&A session, including: Is Kemi Badenoch now the best chance of beating Nigel Farage; can Keir Starmer actually see off this slow-moving coup and should Palantir be kicked out of the NHS
The Two Matts
Nigel Farage gaslights the nation
The Matts discuss the dreadful murder of Henry Nowak and the ensuing political reaction
Crying on LinkedIn and the latest Bonnie Blue controversy
This week, James Ball explores the latest LinkedIn phenomenon: people publicly sharing videos of them crying about their jobs. Meanwhile, Lucy Reade unpacks the newest Bonnie Blue controversy, which has sparked fresh debate around the pro-life movement.
The Two Matts Q&A: What hope for the next generation and how does Farage get away with it?
The Matts answer listener questions including: how can we change the system so our young people thrive; has reality TV gone too far
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A history of Brexit in 256 disasters
The 13 people most to blame for Brexit
Burnham, Binface and the sexist plumber: A guide to the Makerfield by-election candidates
Let’s make Farage wear Brexit like a badge of shame
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Politics
How Gen Z fell for Andy Burnham
Elon Musk joins the Mount Rushmore of Wall Street’s malignant geniuses
Ukraine is showing Europe what it needs to become
Trump’s Kenyan ebola facility has killed more people than it’s treated
Meet Young Bob, the teen Christian nationalist star of the UK’s hard right
The Democrats have a big, Nazi-tattooed problem
A history of Brexit in 256 disasters
Let’s make Farage wear Brexit like a badge of shame
Writers
Alastair Campbell
Let’s make Farage wear Brexit like a badge of shame
Marie Le Conte
The strange cult of the loneliness influencers
Matthew d’Ancona
Ten years of Brexit: The lessons of a low, dishonest decade
Patience Wheatcroft
Why are politicians such financial disasters?
Tanit Koch
Germany’s new national obsession: Checking if grandad was a Nazi
Paul Mason
How the global far right is attacking your mind
Latest
How Gen Z fell for Andy Burnham
The sheer hell of Hell Grind, a fully AI-generated movie
Elon Musk joins the Mount Rushmore of Wall Street’s malignant geniuses
Times busted over Ed Miliband ‘ghosting’ story
Fake man-of-the-people Farage’s fake England pic
Ukraine is showing Europe what it needs to become
Podcasts
The Two Matts
A history of Brexit in 256 disasters
Touching Grass
Should the UK government be banning social media for under-16s?
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Do you really want your country back?
The Two Matts
Farewell David Hockney … and farewell Keir Starmer too?
The Two Matts
Britain is in grave danger of disintegrating
Touching Grass
Phone bans at concerts, and Pattie Gonia v Patagonia
Brexit
A history of Brexit in 256 disasters
A brilliant, forensic, sector-by-sector analysis of the damage done to our economy, our businesses and our daily lives by leaving the European Union
Let’s make Farage wear Brexit like a badge of shame
In a world of chancers and charlatans, we need facts at our fingertips as vital ammunition for the battles ahead: Beating Reform and joining the EU
The 13 people most to blame for Brexit
From liars like Johnson, Farage and Gove to incompetents like Cameron, May and Corbyn, here are the guilty men and women responsible for a nightmare
Meet the media Brexit cheerleaders who can’t admit they got it wrong
The pundits who cheered most loudly for Brexit in 2016 now ignore the evidence – and sneer at anyone daring to suggest the experiment has failed
Ten years of Brexit: The lessons of a low, dishonest decade
Build coalitions, revive internationalism and join – not rejoin – the EU. But be prepared to question your own assumptions, too
The Brexit experiment failed – now the EU needs Britain back
The EU that Britain left no longer exists. Now, much of Europe wants Britain to help bolster the bloc against the US and China. It’s time for the UK to abandon its failed experiment and to re-engage
Ukraine
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
Putinism has failed, and a new kind of threat has arrived
More than a million Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in Putin’s war in Ukraine. But he cannot back off. Instead, he will switch tactics. Ukraine – and the west – must be ready
This is Putin’s most transparent move so far
Donald Trump sends friends and family round the world to negotiate on his behalf – is it any surprise that Putin should do the same?
Cheap drones have made modern wars unwinnable
As Trump has discovered with Iran and Putin in Ukraine, a new, cheap method of warfare has come along to make those ultra-high-tech, ultra-expensive, weapons redundant
How Moscow became the loneliest big city in the world
A capital built and rebuilt by dreamers, schemers and evildoers has gone from squalor to a hollowed-out paradise
The big picture
How David Hockney became an accidental life coach
For all his masterpieces like A Bigger Splash, his greatest work may be teaching us to regard the everyday as a miracle
‘I photographed the Tommy Robinson march – here’s what I saw’
Rollie Kahaani’s photos from populist rallies are grabbing attention
Great Lives
The tragedy of Majed Abu Maraheel, Palestine’s first Olympic hero
The secrets of the Iron Sheik, the man America loved to hate
The childhood trauma that left Maya Angelou mute for five years
How Beyoncé inspired Tina Turner’s last stand
Was Andy Kaufman the most creative comedian of all time?
Tenzing Norgay and the Everest question that wouldn’t go away
Elon Musk joins the Mount Rushmore of Wall Street’s malignant geniuses
Never mind the social media ban. What about cutting the endless homework?
