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A lesson for Robert Jenrick: How to plot a proper defection
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It’s not about protesters, it’s about Gazans
The Palestinian Action hunger strike was misguided. The focus must be firmly on the people of the Strip, and on the long struggle for statehood
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This is what trans people really think
Last April’s Supreme Court ruling left a community shocked almost into silence. This is what they have to say about fear, defiance and the future
Should we boycott Trump’s World Cup?
A tournament meant to unite the world is fast becoming a pageant of American belligerence and a celebration of a bullying president’s life and work
Arts & Culture
Should we boycott Trump’s World Cup?
A tournament meant to unite the world is fast becoming a pageant of American belligerence and a celebration of a bullying president’s life and work
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Special edition with Paul Mason: Decoding Trump’s madness
The last 72 hours have been extraordinary and historic. And we still don’t have a clue what it all adds up to. But there are things we now know. Trump is on a collision course with European nations over the future of Greenland and Keir Starmer is stuck in the middle of an angry EU […]
A lesson for Robert Jenrick: How to plot a proper defection
My secret plan once wrecked a Tory conference, but this turncoat has only wrecked himself
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Dehumanisation, obedience and lack of empathy: what drives people to commit the worst acts imaginable
Saul Klein: Britain can succeed – but a lot must change
Saul Klein is one of the UK’s top venture capitalists – he’s helped build some extraordinary businesses and he understands, as few do, just how our capitalist society really functions… or doesn’t. He describes himself as a professional optimist and has a fascinating, wide-ranging narrative entwining European history, the negative consequences of Silicon Valley’s dominance […]
How to stop AI slop from killing the internet
Legislation or an unexpected saviour could help – but the tech giants will try to crush them
It’s time for a European army
Keir Starmer wants Britain to get closer to the EU. The war in Ukraine and Trump’s military posturing put European security at the heart of that realignment
The new world order is revealing itself
The Matts pick apart the extraordinary events of this week and make sense* of what they mean for life on planet Earth in the second quarter of the 21st century. What is Trump up to? How can Europe react to a threat from a NATO member state? What is the future of Greenland? How is […]
Maia Sandu, the leader who stood up to Putin
The president of Moldova saw off a vicious campaign from Russia by educating the public about the threat and mobilising them against it. Would we do the same here?
Why I don’t have a favourite philosopher
I’m an admirer of John Stuart Mill, David Hume and Diogenes the Cynic. The problem is, I cannot endorse any one of them without reservation
The Matts’ cultural highlights of the year
2025 may have been an absolute skip fire for political progress but it was a cracker for culture. The Matts round off the year with their highlights – but what will be their joint top moment of 2025? Thank you for listening this year – the Matts return early January and wish all listeners a […]
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The Two Matts
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The Matts’ cultural highlights of the year
Brexit
Why bankers hate the reset
The Brexit project was dreamed up, funded and led by City boys. No wonder they fear Starmer moving closer to the EU
Keir Starmer – Britain’s caretaker manager
Is it any wonder the EU is so hesitant when dealing with the PM, especially as his successor is likely to take such a different view on Europe?
Letter of the week: Forget Britishness, we need to be more European
Write to letters@thenewworld.co.uk to have your views voiced in the magazine
Starmer, the wrong man to reverse Brexit
Farage and Badenoch’s attacks on a weakened PM underline that he’s not the messenger to deliver a customs union or even a second referendum
Europe still doesn’t trust Britain
Former Brussels foreign minister Cathy Ashton says the union would be ‘insane’ to take back the UK without consensus that we wouldn’t leave again
Tim Bradford’s cartoon: Moving closer to the EU
Ukraine
We need other countries to get close to, instead of a bully
In Uzbekistan, life is lived in the shadow of Russia. Since the invasion of Ukraine, that shadow has become much darker and more threatening
In blackout Kyiv, Putin’s new weapon is the cold
A massive Russian attack on power infrastructure has left 6,000 buildings in the capital without electricity and heat, leaving Kyivians freezing in temperatures that can drop to minus 24
Maia Sandu, the leader who stood up to Putin
The president of Moldova saw off a vicious campaign from Russia by educating the public about the threat and mobilising them against it. Would we do the same here?
A look back at 2025: the year in ten articles
2025 has been a wild ride, and in these ten articles, writers here at The New World confronted some of the most important questions of the year
Putin is out to destroy the UK and Europe. If we don’t accept that, we’re doomed
The dictator’s threats and dirty tricks go unanswered and unpunished. We can’t keep rolling over like this
2026 will be the year of Trump, war and chaos
As America retreats from the world into its own sphere of influence, the resulting vacuum will bring more confrontation, uncertainty and disorder. And in almost all cases, Trump won’t care
The big picture
Turner and Constable, forces of nature
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1956: The last innocent Winter Olympics
Seventy years after Cortina first hosted, a very different Games returns to the town that once hosted Hemingway and Bond
Great Lives
Victoria Ocampo, the woman who made Argentina a literary power
Ham, the chimp that launched the space age
Miep Gies, the ambassador for Anne Frank’s diary
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George Michael, the man on a quest for identity
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