Mamdani, a blip or the future?
The new New York mayor’s victory has let a little light back in after a year of darkness
Politics
Mamdani shows a different way is possible
The New York mayor’s resounding victory is a warning to Trump and his own party’s old guard
Letter of the week: Nigel Farage, the biggest charlatan of all
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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
America has turned its back on science. Could the UK save the world?
Trump’s abandonment of vaccine research weakens our defences for the next pandemic. Now Britain must step up
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
Germany’s coalition of the unwilling
Fragile alliances around the country are held together mainly by one shared goal: keeping the AfD out of government
The world cannot afford to lose on gender equality
Despite pioneering an Equal Pay Certification Law in 2017, Iceland continues to have a pay gap of 10%
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
Why don’t Serbians like the EU?
Brussels has been trying to encourage the country to join Europe and the people want closer ties with the west – so why is Serbia sticking with Russia?
The Netherlands’ Geert Wilders nightmare is over – for now
The far right wannabe PM has suffered a personal rebuke, but his rivals will still struggle to form a government
Merz stumbles through a migration minefield – again
A throwaway remark about the makeup of German cities started a political row – and then the chancellor made things even worse
When climate fiction stops being fiction
As Cop30 approaches, apocalyptic visions look more everyday than ever
The Tory peer and the heat pump job he failed to clear
Former energy minister Martin Callanan has taken a job with a heat pump firm he failed to clear with the watchdog
Sponsor at Farage’s own conference accuses him of ‘far right’ rhetoric
The founder of Quews News has used his YouTube channel to slam the Reform leader’s views on immigration
Utopia, with solar panels
Solarpunk began as a sci-fi vision of a beautiful, sustainable planet. Now it inspires Hollywood movies and real-life tech. Can it change the world?
Ian McEwan’s sinking feeling
In What We Can Know, our greatest living novelist sees the UK slip beneath the waves – and looks for light in a drowned world
Afghanistan, the land of catastrophe
A devastating earthquake hit Afghanistan, and the call for aid has gone out. But if it’s all being stolen by the Taliban, what’s the point?
The rise of the robot eulogisers
When it comes to celebrating the dead, can AI do the job as well as a loved one?
The tech lords’ quest for eternal life
Nothing is more transparent than Silicon Valley’s fixation with longevity and, ideally, immortality, revealing a desperate fear of death
AI is a bubble that is going to burst
The industry has fostered a cult of personality that seems to leave the tech press starstruck and unquestioning of nonsensical claims
Hello, I’m Taiwanese. Give me all your money
The country’s politics may be fractious, but one thing both major camps agree on is that the rise of digital fraud needs urgent attention
When the Taliban shut off the internet
In an attempt to control the flow of information, the rulers of Afghanistan plunged the country into darkness. That decision has backfired
Denmark’s social media ban for kids is a tragedy. But it’s right
For my generation, the internet meant connection. Now it only means division
Art across the UK/China divide
“We need to understand that the good guys rape”
What we can learn from disasters
Jung Chang: ‘If I set foot in China now, I’d end up in prison’
Meet Luka, the man arrested for terrorism for holding up The New World
Nick Lowles, the fighter of hate who hid from the sun
Amsterdam’s wartime scars
