Nigel Farage, judge dreadful
Nigel Farage’s Trumpian ‘crackdown on crime’ is farcical, unworkable… and deeply, deeply dangerous
The Magazine
How to beat Putin
Europe could save Ukraine and defeat a dictator by shutting down Russia’s shadow fleet and scaling up its own defence production. But will wary voters accept rising tension as the price of peace?
My diary from Brixton prison
The problem with Britain’s justice system is that incarceration is more than a punishment – it destroys lives
What a big scandal says about small Britain
The Afghan leak cover-up is symptomatic of a crumbling, outmoded state where self-preservation trumps honour
How the Epstein scandal broke MAGA
Trump’s supporters were promised revelations about a horrifying conspiracy. Instead, they’re getting denials and abuse from the president they helped elect
AI versus the universities
How can you test students if their work is being churned out by artificial intelligence?
Jeremy Deller takes art on the march
The artist has taken his two-year project around the UK to the nation’s public spaces – but he has come to understand the one line that art cannot cross
Arts & Culture
Jeremy Deller takes art on the march
The artist has taken his two-year project around the UK to the nation’s public spaces – but he has come to understand the one line that art cannot cross
Now leave the Coldplay couple alone
Licence to kill a franchise
When John Le Carré went to Panama
The Tory MP who inherited a crime scene
Audio
Yes, it’s a genocide
Fence sitting is no longer possible, or right. The manner and scale of Israel’s demolition of Gaza goes way beyond either legal proportion or respect for civilian life
Thoreau and the power of civil disobedience
The American philosopher championed ideas that inspired the likes of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr – as well as the protests of today
How to understand Donald Trump
The chaos he inflicts on the world is perplexing, but his behaviour has clear patterns
We can’t just ignore bad news
Those who turn their back on world news and just get on with their lives inside a protective bubble are part of the problem
After one year in office, here’s what Starmer needs to do now
The prime minister has established strong relationships with leaders of other countries. But now he must fix the one he has with his MPs
What would Rousseau think of Bezos’s wedding?
If Rousseau is right, it’s not just Venice and Bezos that are sinking. We all are
Keir Starmer in big trouble at home
As the international news agenda moves at a frenzied pace, back home Keir Starmer faces a crisis of his own. The Matts explore the depth of feeling from amongst his own backbenchers against his welfare bill. It’s a crisis wholly of his own making and as Reform continues to surge in the polls, it bodes […]
What to do with the climate crisis free-riders
The human cost of air pollution is too high to ignore. But, how do we tackle those individuals who won’t change their ways?
Trump drags the world to the edge of reality
It’s been a few days of head-spinning consequence and the Matts explore the thinking of the man at its heart – Donald Trump. They kick off with an extraordinary moment; Trump losing his cool as Israel and Iran both appear to defy his ceasefire – but then the conversation moves quickly to what this means […]
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
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My diary from Brixton prison
We’re missing the bigger picture behind Sycamore Gap
Rachel Reeves’s very bad idea
Letter of the week: How can we make European leaders speak up on Gaza?
The British media are wrong – Germany is not Trumpified
Where have all the migrants gone?
Working with gold in India has lost its glister
The best hospital in the world
Writers
Alastair Campbell
My diary from Brixton prison
Marie Le Conte
Kemi Badenoch’s party just got slightly less terrible
Matthew d’Ancona
What a big scandal says about small Britain
Patience Wheatcroft
Rachel Reeves’s very bad idea
Tanit Koch
The British media are wrong – Germany is not Trumpified
Paul Mason
How to beat Putin
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My picks of the week: Farage, Coldplay and the Epstein files
Arresting an Argentinian icon
The best hospital in the world
Working with gold in India has lost its glister
Tim Bradford’s cartoon: Is America finished?
Where have all the migrants gone?
Podcasts
The Two Matts
The real crime is how Labour let Farage control the narrative
The Two Matts
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Why do Reform get such disproportionate airtime?
The Two Matts
The greatest scandal of our times?
The Two Matts
The BBC on trial
The Two Matts
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Is it a genocide or not?
The Two Matts
Tax the (VERY) rich!!
Brexit
We are becoming more European
A new report shows that Britain is aligning itself with more European rules and standards – but there are two exceptions
Does the Museum of Brexit actually exist?
A recent spurt of posts by the long-dormant project doesn’t mask the fact that little progress has been made in eight years
Starmer makes progress – and the europhobes can’t stand it
The PM’s meeting with Emmanuel Macron has brought the Brexit ghouls out in a chorus of whingeing. It seems they prefer Britain to be isolated
Do you find this photo boring?
Of course you do – and that’s leading us towards quite a serious economic misunderstanding
Is Switzerland the future of Britain?
The nation has just negotiated a new settlement with the EU, and British officials have been playing close attention to the terms of the deal
After one year in office, here’s what Starmer needs to do now
The prime minister has established strong relationships with leaders of other countries. But now he must fix the one he has with his MPs
Ukraine
How to beat Putin
Europe could save Ukraine and defeat a dictator by shutting down Russia’s shadow fleet and scaling up its own defence production. But will wary voters accept rising tension as the price of peace?
‘Russia is the enemy, not queer people’
Under the shadow of war, the LGBTQ community and other minorities are fighting for equality in Ukraine
Europe’s history is repeating itself
In the age of drone warfare, people in Ukraine are living a higher-tech version of the terror that struck suburban London
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
The big picture
Korea, a nation divided against itself
Seventy-five years ago, western troops went into Korea and the 20th century’s forgotten war began. The brutality and suffering cost five million lives – and achieved almost nothing
Meanwhile, in Gaza…
Hundreds of thousands of children face famine, betrayed by our leaders with their silence
Great Lives
Mary Wells: The Queen of Motown who renounced her throne
Lee Miller: The photographer who washed the dirt of Dachau off in Hitler’s own tub
Dr Ruth Westheimer, the trained killer turned world’s most famous sex therapist
Louis Armstrong, the man who spread jazz’s gospel around the world
Joey Dunlop, the ordinary man who did extraordinary things
Jorge Luis Borges, a doppelganger in Buenos Aires
Reform and the missing link
Social media is dead – you just haven’t noticed
