
A new argument for a progressive future
In an extract from their new book Abundance, two leading US thinkers set out the fundamental problem with mainstream beliefs – on both the left and right

The choreography of fascism
The shocking treatment of US deportees to El Salvador is just one attraction in Trump’s theme park of brutality. But why do so many Americans seem keen to buy a ticket?
The social media philosophers
Online influencers can no longer get away with being opinionless, detached, glamorous faces on a screen. Nowadays they need to offer more


We’re not ready for the next pandemic
Trump, foreign aid cuts and anti-vax hysteria have set the world back. We are less prepared than we were in 2020
The prisoner of Erdoğan
A report from the front line as Turkey slides into autocracy

Brazilian blend: The birth of modernism
The Royal Academy celebrates 10 Brazilian artists hugely influenced by Europe
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Are the Tories and Reform doing a deal in Lee Anderson’s backyard?
The Conservatives are failing to put up candidates for the local elections in Nottinghamshire – giving Reform a free run in the former Tory deputy chairman’s home territory


Will conspiracy theorist Brand return to his Community?
Relocated to Florida and posting claims Penelope Keith killed JFK, will the former comic come home for his own wellness festival?


VAT’s not the reason for closure of Rachel Reeves’s local private school
Labour policy is to blame for the closure of a £40,000-a-year boarding school in the chancellor’s constituency, say the Tories, Reform and right wing press. Not so, says the school itself
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The Brexit statistic that puts Rachel Reeves’s boasts to shame
The chancellor crowed about tiny real GDP growth while ignoring a much bigger bombshell


Britain needs to be more like Switzerland
The UK could boost growth with a bespoke EU deal like the one the Swiss have just renegotiated. What’s the hold-up?


A new front in the Brexiteers’ war on reality
A right wing think tank uses very selective evidence to claims Brexit damage has been overstated


EU defence fund won’t destroy the Brexit reset
UK exclusion from an EU arms fund makes a big deal on May 19 much more, not less, likely


Should Canada join the EU?
Stranger ideas have been mooted – but an expanded deal that shuts out Trump is more likely


Will Reform return disgraced Crispin Odey’s donation?
The man now banned from the City handed Nigel Farage’s party £10,000 last year
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Paris versus the populists
The city’s referendum gives Parisians the chance to have their say. Should Britain do the same?


Merz faces his next challenge
If Germany’s problems don’t get resolved, the extremists could be leading the charge in the next general election

Can Europe defend itself?
Trump is breaking up the old post-war alliance designed to protect Europe from Moscow. If the US withdraws support, can the continent go it alone?


How to build the perfect European country
So many European nations can boast enviable success stories in different fields. If you put them all together, what do you get?


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

Living in the shadow of coal
Communities whose lives have been shaped and scarred by mining are now shaken by the prospects of a green transition


The iron curtain and the silver screen
Under communism, Polish artists were given freedom to produce posters advertising Hollywood films in a way their makers never dreamed of


Björk, Pascal and the end of the world


Is The Studio the best show of 2025 so far?


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The bird and the blowhard

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

Ken Adam, the fighter pilot who defined the look of Bond

Giuseppe Di Stefano, the tenor who captivated Callas
