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The De Hogeweyk project offers a normal life for elderly sufferers. But sceptics call it a dystopian Truman Show
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Need to raise taxes? Tell them a new story, Andy
Higher rates should be the end, not the start, of a new narrative of citizenship and statecraft
Does this extraordinary Dutch community hold the secret to a good life with dementia?
The De Hogeweyk project offers a normal life for elderly sufferers. But sceptics call it a dystopian Truman Show
The right wing case for climate crisis denial is going up in flames
Europe is burning, food insecurity is growing and Trump and Farage are still shouting about ‘Net Stupid Zero’
Trump has made his biggest, most dangerous mistake yet
His deal to let Saudi Arabia develop a domestic, unregulated nuclear programme is a landmark moment in the disintegration of global order
How Trump warped the minds of the world’s young men
With help from the US president, Andrew Tate and his band of toxic swindlers teach boys how to distrust institutions, embrace grievance and hate women
The unshakeable confidence of Julian Schnabel
The painter-turned-director’s In the Hand of Dante has divided critics. Luckily, he thinks it’s a masterpiece
Writers
Alastair Campbell
The right wing case for climate crisis denial is going up in flames
Marie Le Conte
A message to Andy Burnham: Arrrgh, please leave me alone
Matthew d’Ancona
Need to raise taxes? Tell them a new story, Andy
Patience Wheatcroft
While Putin probes and plots, Britain is sleepwalking into disaster
Tanit Koch
Germansplaining: How do we get rid of the Nazi day-trippers?
Paul Mason
Trump has made his biggest, most dangerous mistake yet
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Mystery deepens over Farage’s Clacton house
Elon Musk’s The Odyssey: The Grok Imagine version is here, and it’s terrible
Why is Trump fiddling US casualty numbers in the Iran War?
Elon Musk says money won’t matter by 2036. Can he possibly be right?
Letter of the week: Why Burnham’s Catholicism matters
The forgotten genius who paved the way for the quantum revolution
Podcasts
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?
Touching Grass
The worst Odyssey reactions and the Washington Post’s very bad YouTube channel
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Will Self on football and audiobook recommendations
The Two Matts
It’s not coming home after all
Arts & Culture
The unshakeable confidence of Julian Schnabel
The painter-turned-director’s In the Hand of Dante has divided critics. Luckily, he thinks it’s a masterpiece
Apocalyptic heatwave thriller The Rapture will sweep you away
What writing a novel taught me about Liz Truss
Elon Musk’s The Odyssey: The Grok Imagine version is here, and it’s terrible
Peter Beard’s wild life
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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.
The Two Matts Q&A: Will Self on football and audiobook recommendations
The Matts answer listeners’ questions in their regular Sunday Q&A session, including: Is Will Self right about the impact of football on our national mentality?
It’s not coming home after all
The Matts reflect on England’s World Cup tournament
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?
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Trump has made his biggest, most dangerous mistake yet
You’re now a target for Andy Burnham’s secret weapon – being a bit nicer
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Nigecoin, 30p Lee on OnlyFans, sell Richard Tice: 20 less.. ahem.. controversial ways Reform could raise cash
Why Andy Burnham’s winning streak can’t last
Puzzles
Sudoku Hard
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Sudoku Easy
Number Fit
Jigsaw
Cryptic Crossword
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Red flag, blue cheese: my picnic with a Rupert Lowe fan
Why is Trump fiddling US casualty numbers in the Iran War?
Elon Musk says money won’t matter by 2036. Can he possibly be right?
An eye for an eye can never be justice
Germansplaining: How do we get rid of the Nazi day-trippers?
Rubio got Cuba, but Vance got Iran: Trump auditions his successors
While Putin probes and plots, Britain is sleepwalking into disaster
Letter of the week: Why Burnham’s Catholicism matters
Brexit
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
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
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
Peter Beard’s wild life
He was a playboy who rubbed shoulders with Warhol and Jagger – and a photographer who captured big beasts driven to the brink
Route 66 and the old promise of a new America
No one uses the old Chicago to Santa Monica route any more, but the diners, rest stops and neon signs that marked Route 66 carry an eternal message
Great Lives
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
The night New York discovered Frida Kahlo
A message to Andy Burnham: Arrrgh, please leave me alone
Why the Aussies are the only ones standing up to the tech giants
