Emily Maitlis’s diary: As I was saying to George Clooney just the other day…
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Our world was born in the fires of 9/11
It was a plot created by Islamists who were planning decades, even centuries, ahead. Twenty-five years later, we are still living with the consequences
Emily Maitlis’s diary: As I was saying to George Clooney just the other day…
EXCLUSIVE: The New World’s new diarist goes behind the scenes at a star-studded event in Venice
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
Nigel Farage talks big – but he’s a sinking man leading an angry, ridiculous party
Farage doesn’t understand the rules around political donations, but he wants to overhaul the entire British state in 100 days. And the voters aren’t buying it
The eternal life of Ian Curtis and Joy Division
How one photographer helped create the image of the band that we still believe
Thank god for James Cleverley. No, really…
The Tory choice to run for mayor of London is absolutely not getting my vote. No chance. But I still think he’s a good thing. Here’s why
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Alastair Campbell
Books are the key to understanding the world. That’s why Putin wants to burn them
Marie Le Conte
Thank god for James Cleverley. No, really…
Matthew d’Ancona
Our world was born in the fires of 9/11
Patience Wheatcroft
Can Burnham avoid an economic catastrophe?
Tanit Koch
The stolen Nazi artworks, the AfD and antisemitic stereotypes
Paul Mason
Is the future communist?
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Netanyahu is behind in the polls – it looks as if Israelis have had enough
Emily Maitlis’s diary: As I was saying to George Clooney just the other day…
Thank god for James Cleverley. No, really…
Our world was born in the fires of 9/11
The eternal life of Ian Curtis and Joy Division
The queer Ukrainians voguing while Putin bombs them
Podcasts
Touching Grass
The tragic case of Lindsey Clancy, and are GLP-1 drugs fascist?
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Is Farage finished? And where are all the women?
The Two Matts
REDS – the best political book of the year? With Paul Mason
Touching Grass
Right wing pick me influencers and dating app discourse
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Harry and Meghan, Dolly Parton… and blockbuster books
The Two Matts
Andy Burnham’s first big test is around the corner
Arts & Culture
The eternal life of Ian Curtis and Joy Division
How one photographer helped create the image of the band that we still believe
The queer Ukrainians voguing while Putin bombs them
The dark side of Britain’s swinging scene
Bill Evans and the trouble with the tortured genius myth
Robert Harris’s new Roman epic is bloody good
Audio
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Is Farage finished? And where are all the women?
The Matts answer listener questions in this, their regular Sunday morning question and answer edition. Including: is Farage finished, what tax pledge should Burnham break and is Michael Gove stupid?
REDS – the best political book of the year? With Paul Mason
The Matts are joined by The New World contributing editor Paul Mason to discuss his blockbuster book Reds: A Global History Of Communism
Right wing pick me influencers and dating app discourse
This week James Ball discusses right wing pick me influencers, and Lucy Reade dives into dating app discourse
The Two Matts Q&A: Harry and Meghan, Dolly Parton… and blockbuster books
The Matts tackle listener questions in their regular Sunday morning Q&A edition, including: Is there a resurgence of homophobia and should Harry and Meghan be welcomed back to the UK?
Andy Burnham’s first big test is around the corner
The Matts think about Andy Burnham’s first month (and a bit) in Downing Street and anticipate a period of difficulty ahead for a PM whose inclination may be to keep people happy in an age when dramatic change is required
2026: the year the climate crisis came home
The Matts discuss the government’s response to the severe heat this summer in England and Wales (sorry Scotland!)… and whether this year will be a turning point in the public’s perception of urgency around the changing climate
Dobby’s grave and problematic internet boyfriends
This week Lucy Reade unpacks the latest discourse over Harry Potter fans, whilst James Ball tells us about the strange world of boyfriend simulator games
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Politics
21 other shocking quotes from the undercover footage of senior members of Reform
Books are the key to understanding the world. That’s why Putin wants to burn them
Letter of the week: Trump is ignoring reality – and it’s pushing America’s young people away
Can Burnham avoid an economic catastrophe?
The stolen Nazi artworks, the AfD and antisemitic stereotypes
Is the AI bubble about to go “pop” – and what happens if it does?
Perhaps the answer is government-owned supermarkets. It’s worked in Mexico
Our world was born in the fires of 9/11
Brexit
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
What has the world’s worst stag night got to do with Iceland’s EU referendum?
Oddball peer Daniel Hannan has popped up to tell Icelanders how to vote this weekend – but he has a reason to be entitled to
Has Nigel Farage really got ‘more contacts across Europe than most people’?
Robert Jenrick made the unlikely claim as he insisted Reform would easily renegotiate Britain’s withdrawal agreement from the EU
Project Fear? Tell the 78-year-old British widow fighting deportation from Sweden
The Leavers promised British citizens living in the EU would have their rights fully protected after Brexit. The reality is somewhat different
Ukraine
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
Trump failed to kill Nato. Will Marine Le Pen succeed?
If Le Pen wins next year and goes through with a threat to step back from Nato, the consequences for western security could be dire
The end of Putin is at last on the table – but we must be sceptical
An oligarch’s way out of war would give Russia and its dictator an easy ride, and may yet prove to be a con
The big picture
The eternal life of Ian Curtis and Joy Division
How one photographer helped create the image of the band that we still believe
How outsiders built the American city
A generation of immigrants and their descendants chronicled an urban revolution
Great Lives
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?
Inside the wild film flop that unlocked Robin Williams
The night Fela Kuti turned music into a weapon
Is the AI bubble about to go “pop” – and what happens if it does?
There’s no business day like Reform’s sh*tshow business day
