Starmer and Badenoch are about to lose big — so why are they still safe?
With no apparent challengers, the unloved leaders look set to survive a May 7 meltdown
Politics
How America went mad as hell
Network and All the President’s Men are 50 years old. Both diagnose the beginnings of today’s political diseases – and show symptoms of the sickness of conspiracy theory
The German state where the far right could soon rule
The AfD is surging in Saxony-Anhalt – and ready to unveil frightening policies for schools, culture and identity
Letter of the week: Why are our leaders silent on Trump’s cretinous behaviour?
Write to letters@thenewworld.co.uk to have your views voiced in the magazine
What was the point of the Artemis moon mission?
It’s clear what the Trump administration wanted – but what did anyone else get out of it?
Killing a drug lord
The leader of the biggest, most feared cartel in Mexico was killed, with CIA help, in Guadalajara. This is what happened
The woman who put a lobster on the Duchess of Windsor’s groin
A new exhibition celebrates the absurd brilliance of designer Elsa Schiaparelli, creator of the shoe hat and the skeleton dress
The German state where the far right could soon rule
The AfD is surging in Saxony-Anhalt – and ready to unveil frightening policies for schools, culture and identity
Francis Spufford’s blitz of sex, bombs and angels
Nonesuch brings magical realism to wartime London to dazzling and profound effect
The Netherlands almost has a government – almost
Rob Jetten is in power, but at the same time, he isn’t. He runs the government, but at the same time he doesn’t. That’s too bad
Orbán’s defeat: The beginning of the end of populism
He spent over a decade tearing up the rules of Hungarian politics and society, and became a model for the new authoritarian global right. And now he’s out, the country is overwhelmed with joy
Orbán is out – and now the world knows another way is possible
The autocrat’s defeat is a blow to Trump, Putin – and populists like Nigel Farage
How do you farm if you don’t have any land?
In Singapore, the land on which houses are built is so expensive it’s worth many times more than the houses themselves. That makes farming next to impossible. So where do you get your food?
What happens to the Gulf when no one wants its oil?
The region is getting hotter and drier to the point of being uninhabitable. And in the coming decades, as the world moves to renewables and the oil price starts to collapse, what then?
Badenoch’s break: swimming, donkeys and plenty of climate denial
The Conservative leader and her family have once again been the guest of the chair of a climate science denial group
The rain in Spain is mainly causing pain
The weather in the south of the country has been so severe that floods have swept everything away in their path
The year in pictures
A turbulent 2025 unfolded in striking contrasts – from apocalyptic climate disasters and surging global protests to the ever-present threat of war
Who’s funding David Frost’s climate-sceptic think thank?
The Institute of Economic Affairs has received huge amounts of cash from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch
What was the point of the Artemis moon mission?
It’s clear what the Trump administration wanted – but what did anyone else get out of it?
Warfare has already moved into space – you just haven’t realised it yet
When Putin invaded Ukraine, his assault began with an attack in space. And now, the Iran war is being overseen and managed by technology orbiting the globe. And this is just the beginning
For the love of God, stop taking your Zoom meetings in cafes
I popped in to get some admin done, and found a man loudly trying to pitch an AI-based start-up to some investors. It was unbearable
The dangerous myth of ‘neutral’ technology
The notion that innovation is value-free conceals the political and ideological agendas behind it
What happens when AI starts running ads?
It could cause enormous problems. And one, very large tech company should be especially worried – the AI advertising model might just destroy its business model
OnlyFans and the new sexual arms race
People are being incentivised to do increasingly extreme things online to gain attention – and money. But this new culture is reducing people’s chances of intimacy in the real world
Will Sam Sauvage cure Britain’s aversion to French pop?
Exclusive: Jim Jarmusch on psilocybin, Buddhist jokes and turning Tom Waits into an asshole
The risks Labour must take to beat Farage
James O’Brien says the press have gone mad – and it’s worse than you think
George Orwell wasn’t a prophet – he was a warning
Like ski jumping, but more terrifying
Ralph Steadman and the death of fun
