The reckoning I thought Russell Brand would never face
The rapist comedian thought he was untouchable. In shabby and circuslike surroundings, a group of brave women proved he wasn’t
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Game over: How the world overtook Grand Theft Auto
Full of carjackings, guns, drugs and sex, the world’s biggest video game marketed itself through shock. Yet as the release of GTA VI looms, Trump and TikTok are making it look almost tame
Yes, there must be another EU referendum. So let’s win it
A new Brexit poll will be even nastier and more dangerous than the one from 10 years ago
Emily Maitlis’s diary: The Democrat who’d rather see Trump win if it means El-Sayed losing
The would-be first Muslim Senator’s Michigan midterms campaign was shocked by Haley Stevens’ defection. But it might have done him a favour after all
My biblical battles with Zia Yusuf and Jacob Rees-Mogg
The faithful have long since abandoned the promised land of Brexit – but the false prophets won’t admit it
It’s time for Burnham to kill off old Labour
The original meaning of ‘socialism’ has been lost – that’s all Marx’s fault. Fixing the misunderstanding inside Labour would be painful, but worth it
Why Cézanne is the artists’ artist
His peers bought his paintings when galleries and museums were not interested – and he influenced everyone from Picasso to Hockney
Writers
Emily Maitlis
Emily Maitlis’s diary: The Democrat who’d rather see Trump win if it means El-Sayed losing
Alastair Campbell
My biblical battles with Zia Yusuf and Jacob Rees-Mogg
Marie Le Conte
Watching the fall of Trump with New York’s MAGA hardcore
Matthew d’Ancona
Wild Horse Nine is a darkly funny buddy movie with a body count
Tanit Koch
The awkward friends of Berlin’s aspiring mayor
James Ball
The end of Trump’s empire of madness
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The reckoning I thought Russell Brand would never face
Katie Zacharia is wearing her five-day White House career with pride
How the US pollsters got the midterms so wrong
What the hell happened to Allison Pearson?
How Trump stole Venezuela’s oil money
I drove through Trump’s former heartland – the American dream is being rebuilt from the ground up
Podcasts
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: How did Russell Brand get away with it for so long?
The Two Matts
BUMPER EDITION: Trump’s disaster and Sophia Smith Galer on How To Kill A Language
Touching Grass
Millennial optimism, and are we in 1984?
The Two Matts
Laura Kuenssberg: Pay Attention… they’re wrong about the BBC
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Iz it okay to be excited about Europe?
The Two Matts
Two very different takes on what the Budget adds up to!
Arts & Culture
Why Cézanne is the artists’ artist
His peers bought his paintings when galleries and museums were not interested – and he influenced everyone from Picasso to Hockney
Britain’s poppy day cult has gone too far
Wild Horse Nine is a darkly funny buddy movie with a body count
How did Kim Kardashian become the queen of America?
The John Lewis Christmas advert meltdown is Britain’s most idiotic new tradition
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The Two Matts Q&A: How did Russell Brand get away with it for so long?
The Matts answer listener questions in their Q&A episode, including; How did Russell Brand get away with it for so long; is Trump’s hammering a disaster for foreign policy and where does my extra mortgage money go?
BUMPER EDITION: Trump’s disaster and Sophia Smith Galer on How To Kill A Language
The Matts analyse the incredible rout of the Republicans in the US mid-term elections. PLUS the author of one of our favourite books of the year, Sophia Smith Galer, discusses the extraordinary impact language has in our communities
Laura Kuenssberg: Pay Attention… they’re wrong about the BBC
BBC political presenter Laura Kuenssberg joins the Matts to discuss her new book Pay Attention (out on Thursday)
Millennial optimism, and are we in 1984?
Lucy Reade and James Ball discuss this year’s hottest Halloween costume: the Millennial. Also, is the UK’s ban on certain types of pornography literally 1984?
The Two Matts Q&A: Iz it okay to be excited about Europe?
The Matts answer listener questions in their Q&A episode including: is welfare out of control and is Andy Burnham really setting us up for a quick return to Europe?
Touching Grass
You Can Touch Every Grass
This week’s Very Special Episode focuses on Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes
The Two Matts Q&A: Is John Healey’s big day going to be a nothingburger?
The Matts answer listeners’ questions in this, their regular Sunday morning Q&A episode, including: should John Healey raise capital gains tax in the Budget?
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Politics
How the US pollsters got the midterms so wrong
What the hell happened to Allison Pearson?
How Trump stole Venezuela’s oil money
I drove through Trump’s former heartland – the American dream is being rebuilt from the ground up
Will Melania stick with Trump until the end – or will she jump?
The hill the Brexiteers are prepared to die on? Ketchup sachets
Texas – where big money politics and culture war fearmongering went to die
Trump hands GOP presidential hopefuls the biggest political shit-sandwich of all time
Brexit
What the hell happened to Allison Pearson?
The best-selling novelist and TV reviewer who became a foaming right wing pundit is surplus to requirements at the Telegraph. Why did she take this path?
The hill the Brexiteers are prepared to die on? Ketchup sachets
The right wing press are furious a move to align with Europe on rules could see the tiny packets of sauce banned
My biblical battles with Zia Yusuf and Jacob Rees-Mogg
The faithful have long since abandoned the promised land of Brexit – but the false prophets won’t admit it
Yes, there must be another EU referendum. So let’s win it
A new Brexit poll will be even nastier and more dangerous than the one from 10 years ago
We know Burnham wants to rejoin Europe. We know why. But how?
The prime minister’s enthusiasm for a return to the heart of the continent masks a whole series of unanswered questions
Andy Burnham thinks he has found Britain’s Brexit escape route
The PM is kite-flying over free movement – by suggesting immigration is worse under our EU deal than if the UK was in the single market
Ukraine
The frontline of our war with Putin is the phone in your pocket
Russia’s campaign of disinformation and sabotage is here – and our defences are nowhere near ready
‘Trump is more like Putin in his soul’: Why ordinary Ukrainians say the US president has betrayed them
MAGA attacks on Volodymyr Zelensky only boost his popularity at home, while America is viewed as a danger
A little family dispute on the Times’s letters page
When a former ambassador wrote in favour of negotiating with Russia, a sharp rebuke came from an unexpected source
Trump, Putin and the ‘peacemakers’ who make war more likely
The comforting idea that we can understand and persuade our enemies is leading the world towards disaster
An all-new breed of online secret agent
Sending trained specialists on overseas operations is expensive and complicated. A new method has emerged. It’s easier – but far more dangerous
Putin’s wartime economy is heading for catastrophe
He’s calling up more troops to feed into the Ukraine meat-grinder, but nothing can save Putin from total economic disaster now – not even peace
The big picture
Dark Tales, the photo exhibition that celebrates British weirdness
Martin Parr, Don McCullin and a host of others uncover the menace, mystery and magic hiding beneath the surface of ordinary life
I went looking for Trump’s America – this is what I found
Driving through the US southern states on a Harley-Davidson offers lessons in hospitality – and also in why so many vote against their own best interests
Great Lives
Madeleine Riffaud, the poet who blew up Nazi trains on her 20th birthday
Hattie McDaniel and the shame of Hollywood
How Orson Welles invented fake news – and predicted it would be used by liars
The lesson that Jamal Khashoggi left behind
Bessie Smith: the woman who faced down the Ku Klux Klan
Hiroshi Yamauchi, the unlikely genius behind Nintendo
How the iPod helped ruin everything
