The decline of the Daily Mail
Its strident right wing views have dominated British discourse for years – and it seemed set to rule the digital age too. But suddenly, it is struggling to find its place in a new Britain and a changed world
Emily Maitlis’s diary: Trump doesn’t fear the AI apocalypse – but he’s terrified about the midterms
Sky’s The Wargame might be prescient – but it’s also propaganda
Twenty years on from the start of the financial crisis, is it happening again?
Ed Sheeran was right to say sorry. But really, what’s he got to do with a Free Palestine?
The Magazine
The decline of the Daily Mail
Its strident right wing views have dominated British discourse for years – and it seemed set to rule the digital age too. But suddenly, it is struggling to find its place in a new Britain and a changed world
What happens when we forget Hitler?
The second world war forged our moral order. As memories fade and the truth is twisted, that is falling apart – and no one knows what will replace it
Will the Democratic Socialists save or spoil the midterms?
A socialist insurgency is shaking the party as it heads into the midterms and eyes a return to the White House
Spending a week inside the mind of the Daily Mail
I read the paper every day for seven days straight. It is a lurid stew of gruesome crime reporting, anti-Labour rants and stories about hot tubs
Bonnie Greer’s driving, passionate, urgent search for our common humanity
The New World founder on the great journalist, broadcaster and playwright who has died after a short illness
Emily Maitlis’s diary: Trump doesn’t fear the AI apocalypse – but he’s terrified about the midterms
The president’s biggest fear is a Wall Street panic that turns him into a lame duck
Writers
Alastair Campbell
I met a hero of Gaza in a cinema queue
Marie Le Conte
The curse of modern smartphone etiquette
Matthew d’Ancona
What happens when we forget Hitler?
Patience Wheatcroft
The assisted dying bill has been an embarrassment for parliament
Tanit Koch
In Germany, the extremists of left and right are soaring as the centre folds
Paul Mason
Is the future communist?
Latest
The anti-Jew rants of new Restore man Robinson
Is GB News planning to branch out into music?
Canada is now closer to Europe than Britain
The curse of modern smartphone etiquette
Emily Maitlis’s diary: Trump doesn’t fear the AI apocalypse – but he’s terrified about the midterms
Letter of the week: The warning from Germany that should echo through Westminster and Washington DC
Podcasts
Touching Grass
The great iced coffee row, and is internet hustle culture getting out of hand?
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: What is it crypto billionaires love so much about Nigel Farage?
The Two Matts
Is AI really coming to eat us all… and how do we stop it?
Touching Grass
Aella, and why BookTok has changed how people read
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Can’t we have welfare AND defence?
The Two Matts
An historic shift in UK foreign policy towards Israel. Now what?
Arts & Culture
Bonnie Greer’s driving, passionate, urgent search for our common humanity
The New World founder on the great journalist, broadcaster and playwright who has died after a short illness
Why Netanyahu hates the most powerful film of the year
Sydney Sweeney and the art of political pornography
The curse of modern smartphone etiquette
Ronnie Scott’s v the Blue Note: London’s jazz wars are about to begin
Audio
Touching Grass
The great iced coffee row, and is internet hustle culture getting out of hand?
This week Lucy Reade unpacks the latest Gen Z discourse: is it unprofessional to drink iced coffee in a job interview? And James Ball asks whether internet hustle culture is getting out of hand…
The Two Matts Q&A: What is it crypto billionaires love so much about Nigel Farage?
The Matts answer listener questions, including: Why do crypto billionaires fall over themselves to give Nigel Farage money?
Is AI really coming to eat us all… and how do we stop it?
The Matts open with a heartfelt tribute to the late, great Bonnie Greer, who died this week. In the first half they discuss the extraordinary pace of developments and concern around AI
Aella, and why BookTok has changed how people read
This week James Ball inflicts upon us a strange cocktail of Aella, AI doomerism and Harry Potter fanfiction. Meanwhile, Lucy Reade discusses why BookTok has changed how people read and… also gets on to the topic of Harry Potter fanfiction
The Two Matts Q&A: Can’t we have welfare AND defence?
The Matts answer listener questions including: why can’t we have decent welfare and a strong defence?
An historic shift in UK foreign policy towards Israel. Now what?
As Ed Miliband announces sanctions against illegal settlements in the West Bank, the Matts take a holistic look at what the government hopes to achieve and at what cost
The tragic case of Lindsey Clancy, and are GLP-1 drugs fascist?
This week Lucy Reade discusses the tragic case of Lindsey Clancy and the horrendous internet reactions it has spawned on all sides of the debate. James Ball, meanwhile, asks the age-old question: are GLP-1 drugs are inherently fascist?
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Sky’s The Wargame might be prescient – but it’s also propaganda
The right wing media hounded Jason Arday and ignored James Orr. It’s obvious why
A new film about Elon Musk reveals him as so awful it’s almost tragic. Almost
Mark Twain warned us about AI over a century ago
Twenty years on from the start of the financial crisis, is it happening again?
Emily Maitlis’s diary: As I was saying to George Clooney just the other day…
Russian voters are tired of Putin – and he is running out of options
America prepares to vote. Only problem is nobody likes anybody any more
Will the Democratic Socialists save or spoil the midterms?
The strange case of the Lib Dem writer who fell for Farage
Puzzles
Sudoku Hard
Sudoku Medium
Sudoku Easy
Number Fit
Jigsaw
Cryptic Crossword
Crossword
Codeword
Politics
Canada is now closer to Europe than Britain
The assisted dying bill has been an embarrassment for parliament
I met a hero of Gaza in a cinema queue
What the rich and powerful are really saying about AI
What happens when we forget Hitler?
Celebrities can say what they like – the question is whether we pay attention
How to recruit a modern day secret agent
Tim Bradford’s cartoon: AI Will Destroy Us All
Brexit
Canada is now closer to Europe than Britain
Mark Carney, the Canadian PM, was governor of the Bank of England during Brexit. He knows how to deal with Europe – and it shows
Should Britain take a (maple) leaf from Canada’s book on EU?
The country led by Mark Carney has been offered “associated EU membership”. Might it be a model for the UK?
John Healey, the growth-seeking chancellor who won’t mention Europe
The chancellor wants to see the economy grow. Yet his set piece speech this week failed to mention the EU once
The Brexit debate which Reform ducked
Parliament held a debate on the impact of the EU referendum, 10 years on. Only one member of Nigel Farage’s party turned up, and it wasn’t him
Will the sensible Tories please stand up and start a new party?
Kemi Badenoch has abandoned one-nation voters by courting the far right. A breakaway now looks like the only answer
The island where everyone now hates everyone else
Iceland voted ‘No’ to going ahead with EU membership. In a country this small, there’s no hiding from your opponents. The viciousness is only just beginning
Ukraine
Russian voters are tired of Putin – and he is running out of options
There’s no way for citizens to discuss the thing that’s ruining their lives – the war. At Russia’s parliamentary elections, there’s no way to vote against it either
Putin’s greatest enemy? It’s laughter
As the bombs fall, Oleksiy Kustovsky is turning the dictator into an object of ridicule
Books are the key to understanding the world. That’s why Putin wants to burn them
Putin wants an all-out attack on Ukraine’s culture – and on the things that make life bearable in horrific times
The queer Ukrainians voguing while Putin bombs them
In the face of war and discrimination, the country’s ballroom scene refuses to surrender its joy
Ukraine is 3D-printing its way to victory
A website now gives Ukrainians detailed plans of captured Russian equipment, so they can turn the technology back against the enemy. And it’s working
Germany’s pro-Putin, loony-right are about to do the unthinkable
The AfD is about to win state elections in the east of the country. Their opponents could do something to stop them. Maybe. But it’s not likely
The big picture
Putin’s greatest enemy? It’s laughter
As the bombs fall, Oleksiy Kustovsky is turning the dictator into an object of ridicule
The eternal life of Ian Curtis and Joy Division
How one photographer helped create the image of the band that we still believe
Great Lives
Bessie Smith: the woman who faced down the Ku Klux Klan
Hiroshi Yamauchi, the unlikely genius behind Nintendo
Noor Inayat Khan, the pacifist turned wartime secret agent
The kiss that turned Michael K Williams into Omar
BKS Iyengar, the ferocious gentleman of yoga
Why did Babe Ruth’s rivals think he was black?
Why have scientists created a mouse with a human brain?
What the rich and powerful are really saying about AI
