Starmer and Badenoch are about to lose big — so why are they still safe?
With no apparent challengers, the unloved leaders look set to survive a May 7 meltdown
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How to stop the next Trump
The president’s apocalyptic threats should spur major constitutional change
Orbán is out – and now the world knows another way is possible
The autocrat’s defeat is a blow to Trump, Putin – and populists like Nigel Farage
MAGA’s unholy war of words with the church is another battle Trump will lose
Religious leaders are appalled by violent rhetoric over Iran and shocked by a gangsterish threat to the Pope’s authority
Orbán’s defeat: The beginning of the end of populism
He spent over a decade tearing up the rules of Hungarian politics and society, and became a model for the new authoritarian global right. And now he’s out, the country is overwhelmed with joy
The woman who put a lobster on the Duchess of Windsor’s groin
A new exhibition celebrates the absurd brilliance of designer Elsa Schiaparelli, creator of the shoe hat and the skeleton dress
Want to see the future? Forget Britain – go to Morocco
It’s uncomfortable to think that an authoritarian nation run by a king is more forward-looking than the UK. But when it comes to renewable energy, the kingdom is leaving everyone else in the dust
Arts & Culture
How America went mad as hell
Network and All the President’s Men are 50 years old. Both diagnose the beginnings of today’s political diseases – and show symptoms of the sickness of conspiracy theory
What everyone gets wrong about The Stranger
Babies will break your heart. You must watch it anyway
Whatever happened to the great film comedy?
Francis Spufford’s blitz of sex, bombs and angels
Audio
The Two Matts Q&A: Royal visit to the US, Roger Daltrey’s opinions and Italy’s football team
The Matts answer listeners’ Easter Sunday questions, including on whether or not the King should be visiting the States and whether the debate around joining the EU will be as divisive as 2016
DARK SIDE OF THE MATTS: A spectacular row erupts over NASA’s moonshot
The Matts fall out spectacularly and unexpectedly over NASA’s moon shot, Artemis 2
The Two Matts Q&A: Are we journalists or activists?
The Matts answer your questions in their regular Sunday Q&A show, including whether their mission to see Reform fail is blinding them to the full picture and how the war in Iran is going for Donald Trump
How Jon Stewart told me the brutal truth about Trump and Hegseth
A tour of top podcasts featured savagings of Brexit – and the man baby in the White House
Do we need more philosophers in public life? It’s complicated – and this is why
You can be an expert in logic and still espouse the worst values
Here’s how the UK joins the EU and sooner than you think
The Matts argue it’s not a case of Rejoin – but Join. Joining what, though? That’s the interesting, most challenging question in European politics today
Podcast special: THIS WAR IS NOT REAL
The Matts explore how French philosopher Jean Baudrillard was right about the nature of warfare in the 21st century – especially when applied to the unprecedented chaos unfolding in the Middle East
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: On Trump, GB News, Tony Blair… and playing the drums
The Matts answer listeners’ questions including whether or not Donald Trump has lost control of the war in Iran and why the BBC isn’t covering The New World’s GB News investigation
Inside the GB News scandal – with Alan Rusbridger
Alan Rusbridger joins the Matts to discuss The New World’s investigation into GB News’s persistent breaches of Ofcom’s code on impartiality and accuracy
The Two Matts Q&A: Oscars, Oakeshott, China and centrism
The Matts answer listener questions including on Isabel Oakeshott’s hypocrisy, China’s century, the death of centrism, the rule of law, the future of the Telegraph and their tips for tonight’s big Oscar night in Hollywood.
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What was the point of the Artemis moon mission?
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Trump’s Iran war is going global
The Netherlands almost has a government – almost
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Writers
Alastair Campbell
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Marie Le Conte
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Matthew d’Ancona
How to stop the next Trump
Patience Wheatcroft
Dear progressives, stop being wimpish on Trump
Tanit Koch
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George Robertson and the defence consultancy
Jenrick’s day out at the races in the Sun
Modern Toss’s Tossary: Oppenheimer’s Nugget
Martin Rowson’s cartoon: “Wargasm Issues”
Sarah Vine gets to the nub of the Southport inquiry
Is Matt Goodwin’s book really the country’s biggest-selling paperback?
Podcasts
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Royal visit to the US, Roger Daltrey’s opinions and Italy’s football team
The Two Matts
DARK SIDE OF THE MATTS: A spectacular row erupts over NASA’s moonshot
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Are we journalists or activists?
The Two Matts
Here’s how the UK joins the EU and sooner than you think
The Two Matts
Podcast special: THIS WAR IS NOT REAL
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: On Trump, GB News, Tony Blair… and playing the drums
Brexit
Boris Johnson: ‘I love Brexit. I love Brexit’
The former PM is still cheering his project on, while the man who negotiated his hopeless deal thinks everything is going just fine
Crispin Odey drops his libel case against the Pink ‘Un
The disgraced financier had been seeking £79 million in damages over reports alleging that he had sexually assaulted several women
Rejoining Europe: the policy which could ironically unite Britain
The message from the British public is now clear and consistent: they are in favour of having a closer relationship with the EU
Brexiteers spread myths about marmalade
Brexit-backing MPs and newspapers claimed Keir Starmer’s reset would force the renaming of the orange-flavoured breakfast preserve
The Brexit hardcore who still think it was right to leave
Believe it or not, they are still out there and still arguing that it was a tremendous success. What is wrong with them?
This crisis is the perfect moment to reverse Brexit. Will Starmer finally seize it?
The PM made a tepid speech on fall-out from Iran. But now has an opportunity to save Britain and himself
Ukraine
Here’s what Zelensky really thinks of JD Vance
After the madness of MAGA in Iran, meeting Ukraine’s president is a lesson in empathy and emotion
The athlete who jumped into history
The Ukrainian high jumper, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, has one record left to beat – a Russian one
The Africans dying in Putin’s failing war
The Russian army is luring Kenyans to fight in Ukraine. Processed and sent to the front after minimal training, most of them are dying before their first pay cheque has even cleared
Letter of the week: If Trump wants to liberate the oppressed, will he take on Putin next?
Write to letters@thenewworld.co.uk to have your views voiced in the magazine
I’m in Ukraine, a nation let down by America
Four years after the all out invasion, Ukrainians want more than just warm words. They want real help to end this war. Trump isn’t going to give it – so it’s down to us
How Europe stops Gen Z going to war with Putin
Governments across the continent must borrow to spend on defence. If they do not, then Gen Z will end up going to war
The big picture
The artist and the blind prophet on Europe’s frontier
Emilijia Skarnulyte’s work finds the beauty in painful history and the modern in myth
A night among the Freemasons
An approach in a pub led to a seat at a ceremony of what was once considered Britain’s most secretive organisation
Great Lives
The night that Purple Rain broke Prince
Kazuo Shiraga, the Japanese artist who turned painting into violence
Billy Wilder, the outsider who understood the American soul
Nawal El Saadawi, the rebel doctor who wrote the truth on prison toilet roll
Lucie Aubrac, the pregnant spy who outwitted the Gestapo
Lou Ottens,the inventor who set music free
What was the point of the Artemis moon mission?
Warfare has already moved into space – you just haven’t realised it yet
