Mamdani, a blip or the future?
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Reading is the new resistance
In this age of rage, books restore to us what algorithms have removed – the ability to think as others think
Drunk on the Kool-Aid of hate
A new wave of politicians are engaged in open race-baiting. But the appetite for hatred is more limited than they imagine
First the flag. Now the poppy
A sombre display of remembrance is being weaponised and policed by nationalists
Putin thinks he can’t lose
The Russian president rejected Donald Trump’s peace proposals because he thinks he has the advantage in Ukraine. He’s wrong
When punk took on the National Front
Rock Against Racism’s joyous free concerts beat back the far right in 1970s Britain. That defiant blend of politics and music remains an inspiration – but its playbook may be obsolete
The witches of the internet
Digital mystics are flooding TikTok and Etsy – and with religion fading and loneliness rising, they’re filling a spiritual vacuum
Arts & Culture
The witches of the internet
Digital mystics are flooding TikTok and Etsy – and with religion fading and loneliness rising, they’re filling a spiritual vacuum
This Othello is a tour de force
Lily Allen and the lie of Ethical Non-Monogamy
What Springsteen knows that Trump doesn’t
Why nuclear war movies are blowing up
Audio
Reeves flunks it
The Matts are bewildered at the chancellor’s performance this morning – who was she talking to? What was she trying to achieve? Why can’t anyone in government seem to speak plain English? Also this week – as The New World launches a long-term campaign Read Against Racism, the Matts analyse how it is that the […]
Elon Musk’s role in funding fascism
What Musk calls free speech, I call the promotion of fascism. The Tesla CEO needs to leave our politics alone
The Autocrats … Trump and Xi kiss and make up (for now)
Donald Trump meets President Xi of China and saves face in his latest about-turn in policy. Is there method in the madness or is this yet more evidence of the capricious randomness at the heart of Trump’s foreign policy? Also … Matt D watches the latest production to emerge from the writing genius that is […]
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Are we giving Nigel Farage too much airtime?
Matthew d’Ancona and Matt Kelly again respond to your queries. They discuss whether the pod is giving Nigel Farage too much airtime, why nobody is talking about the fundamental realities of the UK economy and the government’s twin responses to Prince Andrew and the grooming gangs scandal. Plus they talk about whether Piers Morgan is […]
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 […]
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Trump: the Democrats’ biggest weapon
Shanker Singham, the Daily Express’s dubious ‘Brexit guru’
Irony overload as Dominic Cummings lays into Lammy
Desperate Reform council seeks to cut care
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Podcasts
The Two Matts
Reeves flunks it
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This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Is it time for Keir Starmer to finally smell the roses?
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The Autocrats … Trump and Xi kiss and make up (for now)
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Rock bottom (maybe?) for Labour – where next?
The Two Matts
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Are we giving Nigel Farage too much airtime?
The Two Matts
Cops have no business policing the offensive
Brexit
Shanker Singham, the Daily Express’s dubious ‘Brexit guru’
Who is the ‘guru’ telling Express readers how getting closer to the EU will kill growth in the face of overwhelming evidence?
Letter of the week: Nigel Farage, the biggest charlatan of all
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If Starmer accepts Brexit is causing carnage, why won’t he scrap it?
Labour’s refusal to think about joining the customs union shows reality is an alien concept
Brexit finally gets its museum… in Ireland
While the official Museum of Brexit is still yet to open its doors, Ireland’s national museum is putting memorabilia to opposition on display
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
Ukraine
The prayers under fire in Ukraine
In frozen trenches and shattered towns, chaplains pray with the dying, bless the living and try to keep hope alive
Putin thinks he can’t lose
The Russian president rejected Donald Trump’s peace proposals because he thinks he has the advantage in Ukraine. He’s wrong
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
The big picture
When punk took on the National Front
Rock Against Racism’s joyous free concerts beat back the far right in 1970s Britain. That defiant blend of politics and music remains an inspiration – but its playbook may be obsolete
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
Great Lives
Leonard Cohen, the poet laureate of gloom
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
The rise of the robot eulogisers
The tech lords’ quest for eternal life
