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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

Vive la France, à bas JD Vance!
If Trump and his vice-president have a genius for anything, it’s global media dominance

The US brain drain is only just beginning
As Trump attacks America’s top academic institutions, more and more researchers are deciding to leave – and most of them have one destination in mind


The Beatles vs Andrew Tate
One of the Beatles’ great gifts was to reconcile masculinity with emotional intelligence

AI art lacks real creativity
Using artificial intelligence to generate images that mimic artworks robs humanity of one of the most meaningful experiences of all

The battle of Adolescence
Everyone has a take on the Netflix drama about a teenage murderer – and it tends to suit their own prejudices

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The end of the dollar

The seven deadly sins of cautious Labour


Starmer and the left’s “Hard Labour” problem


Farage the farmers’ friend wants to sell them out – again


Douglas Murray: shallow book, narrow mind


New York watches Trump crash the world


Starmer needs to tell Vance “no deal”

Trump’s dictatorship will silence the truth
Writers

Alastair Campbell

Tanit Koch

James Ball

Bonnie Greer

Paul Mason

Liz Gerard
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Sinners is much more than a grisly vampire movie
At its heart of this film is the megawatt screen charisma of Michael B Jordan and a deep appreciation of the blues

The end of the dollar
The greenback is the global reserve currency, but its preeminent position is not guaranteed. Could it finally be knocked off its perch – and if so, what could take its place?

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


MAGA are the real enemies of free speech
Judge Trump and Vance by their assaults on those they disagree with, not First Amendment babble


Exit door starts swinging at the New Statesman
The magazine’s popular executive editor is departing as a new regime prepares to take charge


Farage the farmers’ friend wants to sell them out – again
Reform’s leader joined the tractor protests but backs a US trade deal that would harm UK agriculture
Podcasts

The Two Matts
Supreme sense? The aftermath of the trans rights ruling

The Two Matts
But what is Britain anyway?

The Two Matts
Starmer v Chamberlain and The Stones v The Beatles … fight, fight, fight!

The Two Matts
Trump blinks – but don’t relax yet!

The Two Matts
From the horse’s mouth – Behind the scenes with one of the world’s great diplomats
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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

How Le Pen wrote the rules of her own downfall
The far right leader demanded French courts get tough on corrupt politicians. Now she is paying the price


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

Letters: With a European army we could deter Putin
If the UK was part of a Europe-wide army there would be sufficient forces to protect Ukraine without the need for US assistance


Britain’s post-Brexit era is over
Thanks to Putin’s aggression and Trump’s greed, the UK has regained its international status


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 poster artists firing back at Musk and Trump
An exhibition of artworks telling the terrifying story of MAGA and Trump’s second coming has made it on to the streets of London in poster form

The rise of recession pop


Sinners is much more than a grisly vampire movie


Max Ernst’s marvellous madness


Watching my trans friend come alive


The play that gets Oscar Wilde right


Contemporary fiction is getting boring

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

Jules Verne, the writer who travelled in his imagination

Capucine, the French cover girl turned Hollywood star
