Marjorie Taylor Greene: MAGA’s No.1 heretic
She supported Trump, the January 6 riots and spouted antisemitic conspiracy theories. Now she’s renounced the president and appears on liberal chat shows – but is her conversion all it appears?
The Magazine
The God delusions of Jeffrey Epstein’s secret brotherhood
The paedophile fixer’s depraved, narcissistic, super-rich circle have come to believe that they are beyond mortality and morals
Keir Starmer fights to the bitter end
A permacrisis premiership is finished. A Labour defeat in the Gorton & Denton by-election would signal even deeper problems for his successor
Epstein, Robert Maxwell and the Kremlin
In a major essay, a historian of contemporary Russia describes the deep networks of global power and political corruption that Epstein exploited to make his fortune
Come on, Jeff. Don’t let the Washington Post die in darkness
There’s still a way the Amazon boss can save his legacy, even as his hitman Sir William Lewis walks away from the wreckage of the great American newspaper he owns
Awards season is bad for cinema
The Baftas are coming. The Oscars are next. And yet again, they’ll reward hopelessly middlebrow films that honour the ruling ideas of the ruling class
Looksmaxxing: The male crisis, now with a skincare regime
A narcissistic trend is teaching young men the worst lesson women were ever taught: your appearance is everything
Arts & Culture
Awards season is bad for cinema
The Baftas are coming. The Oscars are next. And yet again, they’ll reward hopelessly middlebrow films that honour the ruling ideas of the ruling class
“Wuthering Heights” is a camp triumph
Tony Blair’s never-ending legacy tour
Lover, Liar, Predator: How four women took down a monster
Travis Bickle, the first incel
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The Two Matts Q&A: Starmer coup, Sadiq for PM and too much Dracula?
This week: is Keir Starmer the new Joe Biden, why isn’t Sadiq Khan in the frame for next PM and should we keep calling Prince Andrew Prince Andrew?
Podcast: Starmer – a little humble pie, a lot of conviction
The Matts reflect on the last week, and address their own fallibilities (and thank you, dear listeners, for pointing them out!).
The Two Matts
Face it, Keir, it’s over. But you could still save the nation
The Matts digest the events of the past 24 hours. Will Morgan McSweeney’s departure delay or hasten the existential crisis facing Keir Starmer? Does Starmer’s plea bargain over Peter Mandelson’s appointment wash? How could he take a bold personal decision and salvage his legacy? And of all the problematic contenders circling overhead, who could achieve […]
Am I still a friend of Peter Mandelson? It’s complicated
I find it hard to think he didn’t hear and see things that made him feel he had to get Epstein out of his life
Ai Wewei wants you to know that the west censors too
The dissident artist has been targeted by China – but On Censorship reveals a wider world of control
The Two Matts Q&A: Mandelson rage, arrest Andrew Windsor and Zack Polanski on drugs
The Matts answer listeners’ questions including: why has this Peter Mandelson scandal provoked such enormous fury, why is not-Prince Andrew still at large, can Zack Polanski be trusted, is the House of Lords really a threat to democracy and what is the best protest song ever? Enjoy! Produced by Matt Withers OFFER: Get The New […]
This is the end for Keir Starmer
The Matts assess the last 24 hours and reach an inescapable conclusion: Keir Starmer will not survive the Mandelson affair
Podcast: The Mandelson affair destroys our delusions about power
Peter Mandelson’s disgrace, writ large in the latest dump of Jeffrey Epstein files, is the gravest challenge to the credibility of the British establishment in decades.
Trump’s lies are trashing the dollar
Economic facts are catching up with the political untruths of the Trump administration
Karma is the world’s worst policeman
Sorry, but leaving the universe to right itself is just misguided wishful thinking
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Politics
Emily Maitlis exclusive: Fear and loathing in Minnesota
Come on, Jeff. Don’t let the Washington Post die in darkness
The future of Reform rests on Matt Goodwin’s by-election
Trump has destroyed America’s intelligence system
The unBrexited Britain that could have led Europe
Trump’s next victim: the US economy
The return of the German military
Is university worth it?
Writers
Alastair Campbell
The coercive control of Marco Rubio’s Munich doctrine
Marie Le Conte
London is unaffordable – even for an optimist like me
Matthew d’Ancona
“Wuthering Heights” is a camp triumph
Patience Wheatcroft
Generations of politicians have ignored the young. Big mistake
Tanit Koch
The German army’s women problem
Paul Mason
Three years to save Europe
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Who’s telling porkies about Farage defection approach?
GOP are concerned about dogs (just not the one Kristi Noem killed)
Seven Kent ex-Reform councillors choose to go Lowe
Now Donald Trump wants an airport named after himself
It’s Bev Turner v Andrew Pierce in the latest GB News civil war
The return of the German military
Podcasts
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Starmer coup, Sadiq for PM and too much Dracula?
The Two Matts
Podcast: Starmer – a little humble pie, a lot of conviction
The Two Matts
Face it, Keir, it’s over. But you could still save the nation
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Mandelson rage, arrest Andrew Windsor and Zack Polanski on drugs
The Two Matts
This is the end for Keir Starmer
The Two Matts
Podcast: The Mandelson affair destroys our delusions about power
Brexit
The unBrexited Britain that could have led Europe
London could have been the EU’s capital, leading the continent’s defence against Putin and Trumpworld, instead of a spectator to decisions it once helped to shape
Why is racist Jim Ratcliffe a knight and clueless John Redwood a lord?
The British honours system has never looked so dishonourable. Why not dump it altogether?
The truth about the Epstein files’ Brexit connection
Links to Putin, Bannon and Thiel deserve further investigation
A visit to the Tory wet room
A new group of centrist Conservative politicians launched their fightback against Badenoch in a cellar near Charing Cross station. They don’t stand a chance
I agree with Nick Clegg (and that’s the real Brexit problem)
A tainted messenger delivers the truth that Starmer still can’t bring himself to say
Is the Daily Telegraph secretly pro-Rejoin?
The ardently Brexit-backing paper used a map of Europe showing the UK back in the EU
Ukraine
Three years to save Europe
When leaders meet at Munich, they must start the process of European rearmament in a way that takes account of the threat from Putin – and Trump
We need other countries to get close to, instead of a bully
In Uzbekistan, life is lived in the shadow of Russia. Since the invasion of Ukraine, that shadow has become much darker and more threatening
In blackout Kyiv, Putin’s new weapon is the cold
A massive Russian attack on power infrastructure has left 6,000 buildings in the capital without electricity and heat, leaving Kyivians freezing in temperatures that can drop to minus 24
Maia Sandu, the leader who stood up to Putin
The president of Moldova saw off a vicious campaign from Russia by educating the public about the threat and mobilising them against it. Would we do the same here?
A look back at 2025: the year in ten articles
2025 has been a wild ride, and in these ten articles, writers here at The New World confronted some of the most important questions of the year
Putin is out to destroy the UK and Europe. If we don’t accept that, we’re doomed
The dictator’s threats and dirty tricks go unanswered and unpunished. We can’t keep rolling over like this
The big picture
Locked up and written off: The prison photos of Jane Evelyn Atwood
A landmark series of images comes to London, showing the humiliation, rage and moments of hope found in women’s jails
Turner and Constable, forces of nature
A joint exhibition at Tate Britain reveals the story of two geniuses who did some of their best work in the worst weather
Great Lives
Charles M Schulz, the cartoonist of melancholy
Asma Jahangir, the woman who would not be silenced
Coretta Scott King, the architect of a legacy
Victoria Ocampo, the woman who made Argentina a literary power
Ham, the chimp that launched the space age
Miep Gies, the ambassador for Anne Frank’s diary
