The three Cs that can keep Democrats winning
Charisma, corruption and competence helped defeat Trump – and can win back the White House too
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The reckoning I thought Russell Brand would never face
The rapist comedian thought he was untouchable. In shabby and circuslike surroundings, a group of brave women proved he wasn’t
The three Cs that can keep Democrats winning
Charisma, corruption and competence helped defeat Trump – and can win back the White House too
Trump hands GOP presidential hopefuls the biggest political shit-sandwich of all time
But even so, the race for the republican nomination for 2028 is under way, and the extremists, the devoted MAGA-ites – and even JD Vance – are all running
Slavoj Žižek: Beating Trump isn’t the wild triumph you all seem to think
MAGA’s defeat will mean nothing until we understand what caused Trumpism and how to stop it breaking out again
The old are letting down Britain’s young – so let’s build a youth club for every post code
Britain’s young people are among the unhappiest in Europe
I watched the Elizabeth Holmes film the UK can’t yet see – it’s questionable but brilliant
You Can See Everything lets the Theranos fraudster off the hook, but that’s not really the point
Writers
Emily Maitlis
Emily Maitlis’s diary: The Democrat who’d rather see Trump win if it means El-Sayed losing
Alastair Campbell
The old are letting down Britain’s young – so let’s build a youth club for every post code
Marie Le Conte
Watching the fall of Trump with New York’s MAGA hardcore
Matthew d’Ancona
The three Cs that can keep Democrats winning
Tanit Koch
The ancient Germans were all black – and the hard right can’t stand it
James Ball
The great American techlash: How voters sent Musk, Zuckerberg and co into panic mode
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Meet Joe Martin, the maddest Reformer in Wales
Tom Harwood, GB News’s philosopher king, gives his ruling on Brand and Walliams
The press’s shameless David Walliams amnesia
16 things that will definitely now happen on the British right
The ancient Germans were all black – and the hard right can’t stand it
The three Cs that can keep Democrats winning
Podcasts
Touching Grass
The Midterms: Woke 3.0 vs Anakinposting
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: How did Russell Brand get away with it for so long?
The Two Matts
BUMPER EDITION: Trump’s disaster and Sophia Smith Galer on How To Kill A Language
Touching Grass
Millennial optimism, and are we in 1984?
The Two Matts
Laura Kuenssberg: Pay Attention… they’re wrong about the BBC
The Two Matts
The Two Matts Q&A: Iz it okay to be excited about Europe?
Arts & Culture
I watched the Elizabeth Holmes film the UK can’t yet see – it’s questionable but brilliant
You Can See Everything lets the Theranos fraudster off the hook, but that’s not really the point
Wild Horse Nine is a darkly funny buddy movie with a body count
The press’s shameless David Walliams amnesia
Why does everyone hate Laura Kuenssberg?
The art restorers who worked for Hitler
Audio
The Midterms: Woke 3.0 vs Anakinposting
Lucy Reade and James Ball discuss how the online world has reacted to the US Midterm results
The Two Matts Q&A: How did Russell Brand get away with it for so long?
The Matts answer listener questions in their Q&A episode, including; How did Russell Brand get away with it for so long; is Trump’s hammering a disaster for foreign policy and where does my extra mortgage money go?
BUMPER EDITION: Trump’s disaster and Sophia Smith Galer on How To Kill A Language
The Matts analyse the incredible rout of the Republicans in the US mid-term elections. PLUS the author of one of our favourite books of the year, Sophia Smith Galer, discusses the extraordinary impact language has in our communities
Laura Kuenssberg: Pay Attention… they’re wrong about the BBC
BBC political presenter Laura Kuenssberg joins the Matts to discuss her new book Pay Attention (out on Thursday)
Millennial optimism, and are we in 1984?
Lucy Reade and James Ball discuss this year’s hottest Halloween costume: the Millennial. Also, is the UK’s ban on certain types of pornography literally 1984?
The Two Matts Q&A: Iz it okay to be excited about Europe?
The Matts answer listener questions in their Q&A episode including: is welfare out of control and is Andy Burnham really setting us up for a quick return to Europe?
Touching Grass
You Can Touch Every Grass
This week’s Very Special Episode focuses on Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes
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Politics
The reckoning I thought Russell Brand would never face
Letter of the week: Do we really need another referendum?
The old are letting down Britain’s young – so let’s build a youth club for every post code
The most expensive coffee in the world
How America changed its mind on Israel
The LGBTQ+ revolution that changed Britain for the better
The great American techlash: How voters sent Musk, Zuckerberg and co into panic mode
The lesson from Trump’s humiliation that Badenoch and Farage are failing to learn
Brexit
Letter of the week: Do we really need another referendum?
Write to letters@thenewworld.co.uk to have your views voiced in the magazine
What the hell happened to Allison Pearson?
The best-selling novelist and TV reviewer who became a foaming right wing pundit is surplus to requirements at the Telegraph. Why did she take this path?
The hill the Brexiteers are prepared to die on? Ketchup sachets
The right wing press are furious a move to align with Europe on rules could see the tiny packets of sauce banned
My biblical battles with Zia Yusuf and Jacob Rees-Mogg
The faithful have long since abandoned the promised land of Brexit – but the false prophets won’t admit it
Yes, there must be another EU referendum. So let’s win it
A new Brexit poll will be even nastier and more dangerous than the one from 10 years ago
We know Burnham wants to rejoin Europe. We know why. But how?
The prime minister’s enthusiasm for a return to the heart of the continent masks a whole series of unanswered questions
Ukraine
The frontline of our war with Putin is the phone in your pocket
Russia’s campaign of disinformation and sabotage is here – and our defences are nowhere near ready
‘Trump is more like Putin in his soul’: Why ordinary Ukrainians say the US president has betrayed them
MAGA attacks on Volodymyr Zelensky only boost his popularity at home, while America is viewed as a danger
A little family dispute on the Times’s letters page
When a former ambassador wrote in favour of negotiating with Russia, a sharp rebuke came from an unexpected source
Trump, Putin and the ‘peacemakers’ who make war more likely
The comforting idea that we can understand and persuade our enemies is leading the world towards disaster
An all-new breed of online secret agent
Sending trained specialists on overseas operations is expensive and complicated. A new method has emerged. It’s easier – but far more dangerous
Putin’s wartime economy is heading for catastrophe
He’s calling up more troops to feed into the Ukraine meat-grinder, but nothing can save Putin from total economic disaster now – not even peace
The big picture
Dark Tales, the photo exhibition that celebrates British weirdness
Martin Parr, Don McCullin and a host of others uncover the menace, mystery and magic hiding beneath the surface of ordinary life
I went looking for Trump’s America – this is what I found
Driving through the US southern states on a Harley-Davidson offers lessons in hospitality – and also in why so many vote against their own best interests
Great Lives
How Stan Lee made superheroes of us all
Madeleine Riffaud, the poet who blew up Nazi trains on her 20th birthday
Hattie McDaniel and the shame of Hollywood
How Orson Welles invented fake news – and predicted it would be used by liars
The lesson that Jamal Khashoggi left behind
Bessie Smith: the woman who faced down the Ku Klux Klan
Will AI kill off the mathematician?
The great American techlash: How voters sent Musk, Zuckerberg and co into panic mode
