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Disruption has failed – and America looks diminished and declining
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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
With Burnham, Britain’s age of the disposable prime minister has to end
Keir Starmer deserved to go – but the machinery of government can’t withstand another implosion in No 10
The Democrats have screwed up – big time
They picked Graham Platner as a candidate in Maine because he was a bit like Joe Rogan. But it didn’t work. In fact, it was a complete catastrophe
Farage is in trouble – polls show voters think he’s a danger to Britain
The Reform leader is seen as incompetent, untrustworthy and not on the voters’ side
My night watching the World Cup’s cruellest fixture
I thought supporting both teams would be a win-win. It stopped feeling like one shortly after kick-off
Britain isn’t America – and that’s why Farage had to fall
Expecting to escape scrutiny over that £5m donation was a huge blunder – and a gift to Burnham
Arts & Culture
The National Gallery’s wrong-headed Gauguin warning label
Great art should be able to exist without modern moral judgment
Rejection, the shocking book I recommended too soon
It’s Argentina versus England – and also against the world
This is why we kill so many dogs
Why Britain still doesn’t know how to treat George Michael
Audio
Minions, God and AI climate anxiety
This week James Ball manages to link the new Minions movie to questioning the meaning of God, and Lucy Reade discusses how climate anxiety around AI might be more of a moral panic than we think
The Two Matts Q&A: Does Andy Burnham live rent-free in Farage’s head?
The Matts answer listeners’ questions including: Is the Andy Burnham effect already kicking in?
The Two Matts
Have you been Touching Grass? You should be
The Matts are joined by James Ball and Lucy Reade, hosts of The New World’s new podcast Touching Grass – the internet culture podcast
Taylor Swift’s wedding and the latest BookTok drama
This week Lucy Reade and James Ball talk about the highly controversial wedding of global megastar Taylor Swift, as well as the latest BookTok drama.
SPECIAL: Farage fighting for his political life
The Matts react to the simply extraordinary speech Nigel Farage made today
The Two Matts Q&A: Hydration Break sponsored by Powerade!*
he Matts get stuck into listener questions including: should England get a new capital city?
Why place matters so much to Andy Burnham
The Matts discuss the founding principles behind Andy Burnham’s emerging strategy for a “circuit break” in how politics works in the UK
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Kemi Badenoch’s incredible shrinking Tory party
If Burnham doesn’t pick Miliband as chancellor it’ll be his first big mistake
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China’s new Arctic spy game
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Writers
Alastair Campbell
Britain isn’t America – and that’s why Farage had to fall
Marie Le Conte
Kemi Badenoch’s incredible shrinking Tory party
Matthew d’Ancona
Ann Widdecombe changed politics – and I should know
Patience Wheatcroft
With Burnham, Britain’s age of the disposable prime minister has to end
Tanit Koch
Our national character melts in the heat
Paul Mason
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It’s Argentina versus England – and also against the world
This is why we kill so many dogs
Kemi Badenoch’s incredible shrinking Tory party
If Burnham doesn’t pick Miliband as chancellor it’ll be his first big mistake
Count Binface trashed by Times Radio colleague
14 things you need to know about Count Binface and the UK’s love of novelty election candidates
Podcasts
Touching Grass
Minions, God and AI climate anxiety
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Does Andy Burnham live rent-free in Farage’s head?
The Two Matts
Have you been Touching Grass? You should be
Touching Grass
Taylor Swift’s wedding and the latest BookTok drama
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SPECIAL: Farage fighting for his political life
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Hydration Break sponsored by Powerade!*
Brexit
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
The Brexit advice Andy Burnham should throw in the bin
A letter from a little-known business organisation imploring the incoming prime minister not to dilute Brexit is best ignored
How Burnham can lead a revolt of the people against the populists
The PM-in-waiting is our last hope for a mainstream politician who can capture the anti-Westminster mood for change
An evening with the last of the great Brexit denialists
A bunch of Brexiteers got together for a Telegraph panel to mark a decade since Brexit. It was a delusional evening, with a surprise ending the following day
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
Yes you can fly from Istanbul to Tbilisi – but I took the long way round
I hadn’t downloaded any films or podcasts for my journey, but in the end it turned out I didn’t need any. All I needed was the window
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
Great Lives
Inside the notebooks that built Bruce Lee
Sam Neill found a different way to be famous
The night New York discovered Frida Kahlo
Why Diogo Jota will always be Liverpool’s number 20
The tragedy of Majed Abu Maraheel, Palestine’s first Olympic hero
The secrets of the Iron Sheik, the man America loved to hate
Sorry Geoffrey Hinton, but AI isn’t conscious
Our national character melts in the heat
