Age of the charlatans
Conmen don’t win people over with arguments. Instead, they reflect their dreams back at them – and everyone’s a sucker for that
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Age of the charlatans
Conmen don’t win people over with arguments. Instead, they reflect their dreams back at them – and everyone’s a sucker for that
Is Jon Stewart laughing all the way to the White House?
Satire has become one of the few sources of political sanity in the US. Now, one of its chief exponents is mulling a run for office
Student antisemitism and the socialism of fools
The hard left wants to globalise the intifada, imagining that defeating Zionism will liberate humanity. Their delusion is close to religious mania
A very explosive peace
Donald Trump has declared victory for himself – but without compromises and cash to rebuild Gaza, his hopes are built on sand
Prince Andrew and an unforgivable secret
Virginia Giuffre is dead, and a royal is disgraced. But time after time, powerful men keep escaping real justice
Kill, stream, repeat: has our obsession with true crime gone too far?
The mysterious serial killer who terrorised Florence is the subject of yet another true crime Netflix show
Arts & Culture
Kill, stream, repeat: has our obsession with true crime gone too far?
The mysterious serial killer who terrorised Florence is the subject of yet another true crime Netflix show
After the Hunt storms into the culture wars
The confessions of a failed film buff
Lee Miller beyond the bathtub
Can you teach creativity?
Audio
The Two Matts
National disgrace: Where Andrew and the grooming gangs meet
The Matts see a parallel between two outrages; the disgusting conduct of Prince Andrew; a man shielded from consequences of his depravity by power and wealth – and the national grooming gang scandals; men shielded from consequences of their depravity by a failure of the liberal establishment to confront reality. Both cases touch on what […]
Dear young Republicans, JD Vance is no role model
Students in the US believe the UK has a free speech problem and the vice president is spinning this myth as a reality
Q&A: Israel and Palestine… the gloves come off
In one of the best Q&A’s the Matts have recorded, a question about media coverage of the Middle East ceasefire provokes a heated argument – as each Matt fights his corner with the kind of honesty and conviction you may not always get on other political podcasts! As the dust settles, they answer more questions […]
The Power Broker: Inside Paul Marshall’s extraordinary network of right-wing influence
The Matts are joined by political editor James Ball whose cover story this week is an exhaustive investigation into the full extent of Paul Marshall’s bid to influence British society. The man who owns GBNews and The Spectator is also finding a broad array of influential think tanks, policy units and conferences – making him […]
Trump’s day of days in the Middle East: It’s a win… take it
The Matts marvel at the extraordinary day that has just passed – first in the Knesset in Jerusalem, then in Sharm Al-Sheik in Egypt – as Donald Trump’s whirlwind victory parade signals the start of what we should all pray is a lasting peace. How do we square the undoubted leap out of the catastrophe […]
Q&A: Is Donald Trump actually the right man at the right time?
Matthew d’Ancona and Matt Kelly again respond to your queries. They discuss whether the Gaza peace deal shows that Donald Trump, despite all his manifest failings, is actually the right man at the right time, if you now need a brown paper bag for your New World cover and who Conservative MPs could coalesce around […]
Why we are addicted to everything everywhere – with Joe Woof
The Matts begin with peace in the Middle East. Is it time to give Trump the Nobel? Then they turn to the outrage over a man being arrested in London for holding up his copy of The New World. Then after the break, a fascinating and troubling conversation with Joe Woof, author of this week’s […]
How do we deal with Islamism in the UK?
Britain has a problem. The presence within what we call our multi-cultural society of abhorrent groups with views that threaten not only our values, but our citizens. Islamists, anti-semites, fascists. What is stopping the government from isolating them and dealing with them? The Matts do what they do best – engage each other in a […]
Why Trump should never be given the Nobel peace prize
Peace is not just about bombs falling silent, but the humanity that goes into maintaining it
How to love our pets
The prevalence of dog attacks points to an underlying moral failing: too many owners are shirking their basic responsibilities
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Marie Le Conte
The confessions of a failed film buff
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A very explosive peace
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Nathan Gill: a scandal with no outrage
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Podcasts
The Two Matts
National disgrace: Where Andrew and the grooming gangs meet
The Two Matts
Q&A: Israel and Palestine… the gloves come off
The Two Matts
The Power Broker: Inside Paul Marshall’s extraordinary network of right-wing influence
The Two Matts
Trump’s day of days in the Middle East: It’s a win… take it
The Two Matts
Q&A: Is Donald Trump actually the right man at the right time?
The Two Matts
Why we are addicted to everything everywhere – with Joe Woof
Brexit
Iain Dale’s very bad Brexit reading list
The LBC presenter suggested Rachel Reeves read a terrible tome about Brexit
Tim Bradford’s cartoon: Labour’s discovery of Brexit
Age of the charlatans
Conmen don’t win people over with arguments. Instead, they reflect their dreams back at them – and everyone’s a sucker for that
The worst pro-Brexit book ever written
An author hides behind a pseudonym to invent 75 reasons to celebrate Britain’s slow collapse
Labour’s overdue war on Farage and Brexit has arrived. Here’s how to fight it
Blaming Reform’s leader for impending tax cuts only makes sense if you push the UK closer to the EU, too
The unsettling state of settled status
In Farage and Badenoch’s eyes, is even paying taxes in Britain good enough for EU nationals like me?
Ukraine
How to make sense of Putin’s empire
As Karl Schlögel reminded us, Putin waged this war in Ukraine not only for military means, but as a battle for hearts and minds
Are we already at war?
Russia is sending its drones and bombers into Nato airspace. Whatever this is, it feels like just the beginning
Inside Russia’s propaganda machine
Exceedingly wealthy and close to the Kremlin, the infamous Vladimir Solovyov has become a dominating voice on airwaves since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
The Ukrainians reclaiming Odesa’s history
Vladimir Putin claimed the city was Russian in 2023, but staking the claim doesn’t make it so
Why Trump can’t end the Ukraine war
Donald Trump says his interventions have brought Ukraine and Russia close to peace. So why does it feel further away than last week?
The warm embrace that could freeze Europe
Donald Trump has favoured Ukraine over Russia in recent weeks. But when he meets Putin in Alaska, all that could change
The big picture
Lee Miller beyond the bathtub
Everyone knows the famous image of the photographer in Hitler’s bath. But her lesser-known work is equally compelling
Where nature calls: Toilets of the world
A new book collects the best of the world’s toilets – because even in an age of division, everyone needs somewhere to sit down
Great Lives
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the football club owner who made dreams come true
Junko Tabei, the first woman to conquer Everest
Thomas Sankara, the hopeful leader whose country proved ungrateful
Emilie Schindler, one half of a team of equals
David McCallum, the enigmatic star who wouldn’t be pinned down
Jimi Hendrix, the guitarist who kissed the sky
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