Trump is risking a forever war
An impulsive reign has taken a deadly turn in Iran that could end in years of conflict in the Middle East – and an authoritarian power grab at home
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The father of Iran’s nuclear programme
One day an engineer at a metals company in the Netherlands stole a trove of nuclear secrets and offered them for sale – his first customer was Iran
American democracy is on thin ice
The Los Angeles riots highlight how Trump has changed America in so many ways. But one thing he has certainly not done is make it great again
Can Blue Labour see off Farage?
Jonathan Rutherford’s Blue Labour ideas are at the heart of No 10’s political plans. But will it be enough to save Keir Starmer at the next election?
Why do the Brexit betrayed still believe in Farage?
Nine years on, Leave’s most enthusiastic voters have suffered the most. Yet they’re still backing the man who sold them the snake oil in the first place
The curious case of Gen Z’s Handmaid’s Tale
Thirty years after it was first published to indifference, Jacqueline Harpman’s I Who Have Never Known Men is a literary sensation
Can you ever truly understand an artist?
Meeting the painter Sean Scully was an opportunity to ask him about his art – but do the questions make any sense?
Arts & Culture
Can you ever truly understand an artist?
Meeting the painter Sean Scully was an opportunity to ask him about his art – but do the questions make any sense?
Kneecap have their day in court
The curious case of Gen Z’s Handmaid’s Tale
Brian Wilson, the president and the end of California
The forgotten, formidable Medardo Rosso
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The week the world holds its breath
As missiles fly between Israel and Iran, the Matts explore the long backstory to a conflict that has the capacity to spark a truly global conflict. Why has Netanyahu chosen now to attack? What can Iranians hope for? How will Keir Starmer handle the fact he is caught between a rock and hard place. And […]
Why the world needs debate
An open exchange of ideas, no matter how controversial or unpopular, is the best way to get closer to the truth
Donald Trump’s birthday parade is not America
The world saw through the spectacle for what it was: the whim of a self-styled strongman in need of flattery and adoration
The genius of myth-busting … with Helen Lewis
The Matts are joined by Helen Lewis, journalist and author of The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea for a fascinating deep-dive into what it means to be a genius. Why does society worship difficult men? Who gets left out of the genius narrative? And what if collaboration, not isolation, is the […]
Have the Channel Islands got it right?
After a few days in Guernsey, the Islands’ message was clear: ‘Our system works better than yours’
How to make the perfect cosmopolitan
As the world lurches back towards nationalism and isolationism, does cosmopolitanism and its liberal philosophies have a place today?
Down and out in the manosphere – with James Bloodworth
The Matts are joined by author James Bloodworth whose new book Lost Boys is a brilliantly insightful exploration of misogyny and conspiracy rife within groups of young men today. James does what many journalists don’t – he goes on the road, all over the world, to meet with his subjects and understand what drives this […]
The New European becomes The New World – with Alastair Campbell
The Matts are joined by Alastair Campbell to discuss today’s big news – the rebrand of The New European to The New World. Why are we changing? Who is The New World for? Who will be writing in it… and about what. All will be revealed. Founder and editor-in-chief Matt Kelly and editor-at-large Matthew d’Ancona […]
A new magazine for new times
The New World will hopefully outlast the new world trends, traits and personalities currently doing so much damage in so many ways
Alasdair MacIntyre’s moral bombshell
The philosopher’s 1981 book After Virtue suggested that modern morality is fragmented and rootless – an argument that still stands today
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A sorcerer’s apprentice in the White House
Will Farage be prime minister? Really?
Nine years on, the huge true cost of Brexit is revealed
Did Steve Bannon drop a hint about Iran plans?
Britain is not ready for war
The buck stops here: will Trump kill the dollar?
Trump bombs Iran. Now chaos is coming
Gen-Z want to ‘rot’ at home. What’s wrong with that?
Writers
Alastair Campbell
Will Farage be prime minister? Really?
Marie Le Conte
The (long-overdue) vote to decriminalise abortion
Matthew d’Ancona
Trump is risking a forever war
Patience Wheatcroft
The rise of influencer journalism
Tanit Koch
Merz promised a migration crackdown. Can he deliver?
Paul Mason
Iran, Trump and the slide into global anarchy
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Will Farage be prime minister? Really?
Nine years on, the huge true cost of Brexit is revealed
Did Steve Bannon drop a hint about Iran plans?
Trump is risking a forever war
The buck stops here: will Trump kill the dollar?
Britain is not ready for war
Podcasts
The Two Matts
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Are we witnessing the early stages of a global war?
The Two Matts
The week the world holds its breath
The Two Matts
The genius of myth-busting … with Helen Lewis
The Two Matts
Q&A: Is the Trump-Musk rift far from amusing?
The Two Matts
The extraordinary science of creativity with Marcus du Sautoy
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Down and out in the manosphere – with James Bloodworth
Brexit
Will Farage be prime minister? Really?
The media’s obsession with Reform’s leader makes a disaster of Truss and Boris Johnson proportions ever more likely
Nine years on, the huge true cost of Brexit is revealed
A new paper says leaving the EU is costing everyone in the UK £4,000 a year
Daniel Hannan’s Brexit predictions have not aged well
Nine years ago the Conservative peer predicted what life would look like following Brexit in June 2025. His predictions proved a touch optimistic
No, the Brexit reset won’t kill smoky bacon crisps
A Daily Telegraph non-story about snacks says it all about the lunacy of the British right
Sarah Vine: the secret remainer
Her nasty new book contains one interesting point – funny the Daily Mail chose to ignore it
Why do the Brexit betrayed still believe in Farage?
Nine years on, Leave’s most enthusiastic voters have suffered the most. Yet they’re still backing the man who sold them the snake oil in the first place
Ukraine
Britain is not ready for war
Thrown into a conflict like the one Ukraine, the British army would be combat ineffective within weeks. The UK needs a new kind of military – and fast
Ukraine braces for a cruel summer
As Putin’s summer offensive begins, insiders in Zelensky’s camp say they are facing the toughest time in years – with scary ramifications for Europe and the world
In Kyiv, my app told me: You are about to be bombed
What it’s like to be in the centre of one of Putin’s airstrikes
Putin’s tortured prisoners of war
Evidence and eyewitness testimony shows how Russia has maimed some Ukrainian PoWs. But other soldiers and civilians have simply disappeared from sight
Ukraine’s defiance is rarer than minerals
The most egregious demands from the US-Ukraine minerals deal’s first draft have gone. But, in Kyiv, there are fears that it still offers no concrete security guarantees
Steve Witkoff, the world’s worst diplomat
He is a life-long property developer. So how the hell did he end up as America’s top international negotiator, on everything from Ukraine to the Iran nuclear deal?
The big picture
Steve McQueen and the art of resistance
A collection of images curated by the director tells the story of protest and resistance in Britain. But who wins and who loses is only part of the story
Zed Nelson’s unnatural world
The photographer’s images of man’s ongoing mission to tame and commercialise the wild are a spectacle
Great Lives
Jorge Luis Borges, a doppelganger in Buenos Aires
Jack Johnson, the boxer who thrived as the world exploded around him
Geneviève de Galard, the reluctant Angel of Dien Bien Phu
Robert Capa, the photographer who couldn’t resist the lure of the battlefield
Raoul Lufbery, the Frenchman who became America’s greatest aviator
Eddie Barclay, the man who invented showbiz
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