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The murder of Virginia Giuffre
Society fails survivors of child sexual exploitation over and over
The great Trump meltdown
Is it too much to hope that, eventually, Trump’s constant lying and backtracking will be enough to bring down his administration?
Welcome home to Gilead
In a world reordered by Trump, The Handmaid’s Tale is now more relevant than Nineteen Eighty-Four
Goodbye Mr Globalism
Klaus Schwab, the man who founded the Davos summit, had a vision for the world. But things haven’t turned out the way he wanted
Argentina’s lithium wars
President Milei is selling out his own country and its indigenous people along with it
The rise of recession pop
It’s terrible that it exists, but my generation has only known crisis, chaos and the pandemic, so we may as well play it loud
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PMQs review: Keir Starmer actually makes a good joke shock
The slow death of local news
Trump’s failures behind the curtain
The great Trump meltdown
How Merz can build his coalition
Argentina’s lithium wars
Brexit is a killer
What the hell happened to Neil Oliver?
Writers
Alastair Campbell
The great Trump meltdown
Tanit Koch
How Merz can build his coalition
James Ball
Goodbye Mr Globalism
Bonnie Greer
What I got wrong about Donald Trump and America
Paul Mason
Trump’s failures behind the curtain
Liz Gerard
How the Express keeps on digging
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PMQs review: Keir Starmer actually makes a good joke shock
It has taken 3,646 days since he became an MP, but Keir Starmer today made an actual funny joke at Prime Minister’s Questions
Daniel Hannan gets it spectacularly wrong again, part 472
The Tory peer and ‘Brain of Brexit’ has hit out at those who claim Canada’s Conservatives threw away an election which they began with a 23-point lead
Is there life in a galaxy far, far away?
Astronomers have detected potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b, but experts warn that the evidence is inconclusive
Inside the minds of extremists
The media often describes terrorists as manifestations of evil, or as zombie-like products of indoctrination, but we urgently need a better account than that
Tim Bradford’s Cartoon: Donald Trump’s guide to clothes
Nic Aubury’s 4-line poem: The God of Growth
Podcasts
The Two Matts
The murder of Virgina Giuffre and Trump’s 100 days
The Two Matts
Q&A: Does Keir Starmer possess a moral compass?
The Two Matts
The truth about Pope Francis … and your reaction to our trans debate
The Two Matts
How to grow your moral ambition, with Rutger Bregman
The Two Matts
Q&A: why can’t we go to the bleedin’ shop today?
The New Europe
Why you should visit Heligoland
Eighty years ago, the island was nearly wiped off the map. Today it relies on wind-farm crews more than tourists
Greenland knows what it wants, and it’s not JD Vance
If the vice-president wishes to return to the country, he may want to be better prepared
The revenge of the Spanish economy
Spain has made a spectacular economic recovery since the last economic crash– but Spaniards are still struggling and fear Trump’s tariffs might trigger another disaster
North Macedonia loses an entire generation
With 59 fatalities and over 200 hospitalisations, the fire at Club Pulse was the stuff of nightmares
Steve Witkoff, the world’s worst diplomat
He is a life-long property developer. So how the hell did he end up as America’s top international negotiator, on everything from Ukraine to the Iran nuclear deal?
The fall of Saigon, 50 years on
Half a century ago, a humiliated America scrambled out of a losing war. But parallels with Ukraine show little has changed
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Putin’s dirty tricks campaign
Whether or not they were involved in the Heathrow fire, the Russians revel in the mayhem their hybrid actions cause
The day Putin took power
The foundations of the Kremlin strongman’s ascent to power were forged in the ruins of Grozny a quarter of a century ago
Ten Trump Lies – and where they came from
The president comes out with a ludicrous stream of nonsense. But some of what he says has its origins in some unexpected places
Letters: Britain is fundamentally European
The UK needs to be part of the European project as a fully active member. Only then can Europe truly stand united against both Trump and Putin
The fall of Saigon, 50 years on
Half a century ago, a humiliated America scrambled out of a losing war. But parallels with Ukraine show little has changed
Misan Harriman: A lens on a world in protest
The photographer’s images command attention – whether capturing the fiery passion of an activist rallying a crowd or the powerful, expressive gaze of a lone protester
The warbler’s freedom of movement
Jerzy Kosiński, the writer whose last act was to plagiarise himself
The Hemingway’s time has come
Why Vienna means nothing to me
Reaching out to loved ones
Camilo Sesto, the singer who ushered Spain into a new age
Jerzy Kosiński, the writer whose last act was to plagiarise himself
Maria Schell, Hollywood’s grounded alien
Totò, the unlucky actor who took it on the chin
Karl and Bertha Benz, the couple who drove into history
Rob Pilatus, the new Elvis who signed a deal with the devil
