Matt Kelly
04 March 2026
My picks of the week: Sextortion, Trump and the world in chaos
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Operation Epic Fuck-up is the quintessence of this Trump administration
On the off chance something good does emerge from this chaotic conflict, don’t rush to give the President any credit for it
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My picks of the week: Andrew, the House of Windsor and Ukraine
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No, Jonathan Dimbleby, this does not make the monarchy stronger, you absurd toady
Grovelling sympathy for the royals' trials and tribulations is not what is required at this moment in time
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My picks of the week: Awards season, Epstein and Starmer's bitter fight
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Don’t blame Mandelson for Keir Starmer’s crisis. Blame Keir Starmer.
A strong prime minister survives this scandal. This prime minister will not
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My picks of the week: Student loans, Tucker Carlson and the nastier party
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My picks of the week: Davos, Timothée Chalamet and Emily Maitlis in Minnesota
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My picks of the week: AI, Robert Jenrick and Trump (the world's biggest baby)
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My picks of the week: AI slop, Palantir and the brutality of Iran
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My picks of the week: Quantum mechanics, Venezuela and the battle for Britain
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My picks of the week: Citizen Trump, free speech and Reform's (Bonnie) Blue Christmas
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My picks of the week: Trump's war on Europe, punk rock and why Virginia Giuffre is our Person of the Year
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My picks of the week: Farage, Palestinian protests and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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My picks of the week: How will AI change journalism?
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Journalism’s race to the bottom
For decades, the reporting of race and ethnicity has been banned unless strictly relevant to the story. All of a sudden that’s changed. Why?
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My picks of the week: Reform's Kent catastrophe, Hitler's DNA and defending the BBC
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My picks of the week: American Nazis, Mamdani and inside the mind of a 16-year-old
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We’re turning the page on division
The New World believes in the power of words, and of reading – which is why we're launching Read Against Racism
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My picks of the week: Elon Musk, the hatred Kool Aid and reading against racism
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My picks of the week: Prince Andrew, student socialism and entering the age of charlatans
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My picks of the week: Paul Marshall, Trump and why the Palestine Action ban must end
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End this stupid Palestine Action ban now
Arresting a student for holding a copy of The New World shows how Britain’s crackdown on Palestine Action has become absurd and dangerous
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Meet Luka, the man arrested for terrorism for holding up The New World
Exclusive: We track down the student whose arrest exposes absurdity of Palestine Action’s proscription
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Arrested for holding up a copy of The New World. How bloody un-British
This government’s stupid criminalisation of peaceful protestors is a hole they keep on digging
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My picks of the week: Starmer's London problem, antisemitism in Britain and why we're addicted to everything
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My picks of the week: Palestine Action, quack healthcare and David Bowie’s shoes
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My picks of the week: MAGA's holy war, terminal irony and Robert Redford
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My picks of the week: Tommy Robinson, why retirement isn't working and AI pop
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Not “patriots” but followers of a far-right criminal low-life thug
Tommy Robinson does not love Britain. He despises everything it represents. Why won’t others say that so clearly?
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My picks of the week: How to beat Reform
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Two speeches, 20 years apart, show Starmer how to tackle Farage
Farage’s political gameplan has one key weakness that Starmer needs to exploit ruthlessly
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