Matt Withers
01 September 2022
‘I’m a very interested observer’: how Jeremy Bowen sees the Middle East
As a new book about the Middle East by the BBC correspondent hits the shelves, he talks about the geopolitics of the region
Read the full article19 July 2022
A dark future ahead for rapid grocery delivery?
So-called ‘dark stores’ are surreptitiously popping up all over Europe – but is the business model sustainable in the post-pandemic world?
Read the full article15 July 2022
‘If we end up turning into the Grateful Dead of dance music I’d be very happy’ – Paul Hartnoll on 30 years of Orbital
The electronic music pioneer on Brexit, rave, streaming and re-imagining the band's hits three decades on
Read the full article01 July 2022
‘This British government doesn’t want solutions for Northern Ireland… they just want to show the EU is shitty’
As Brussels’ frustrations mount over the Protocol, influential MEP Anna Cavazzini is preparing for anything - including trade war
Read the full article23 June 2022
What the bad boys, and girls, of Brexit did next
Some may be richer, but the failure of Brexit has fatally damaged the reputations of all those who played a part in delivering it
Read the full article22 June 2022
Food wasted and healthy animals slaughtered – and only Brexit to blame
With a lack of foreign labour in Britain’s fields, crops are rotting and thousands of healthy pigs are being culled unnecessarily
Read the full article20 June 2022
New exhibition chronicles war through Ukrainian artists’ lenses
Ukraine I Miss You (The Magnificent 12) will showcase the images of a dozen Ukrainian photographers and artists
Read the full article01 June 2022
‘There is a kind of hatred of Europeans from Boris Johnson and his government’
Former French ambassador to London Sylvie Bermann on Brexit’s aftershocks and the battles still to come with Macron and the EU
Read the full article26 May 2022
Working class hero with Dorries in his sights
Melvyn Bragg’s autobiography is an affectionate homage to his formative years. But he’s got plenty to say about the culture secretary too
Read the full article20 May 2022
‘It’s not black music and it’s not white music, it’s people’s music’ – Dub War’s Benji Webbe on their political new album
The metal band's frontman talks chartism, race and the curse of Goldie Lookin Chain
Read the full article13 May 2022
What are you doing, Twitter?
As Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform raises questions about what its future holds, the more obvious question is: what is it for?
Read the full article28 April 2022
Thank EU for the Music: celebrate Europe Day with a tango theme
Pack your flags and mark May 8 with a spectacular afternoon of music celebrating our continent
Read the full article26 April 2022
The Finnish visionary who raised the alarm about Putin
Heidi Hautala, now vice-president of the European parliament, questioned Moscow’s democratic credentials in 2006, causing a storm at home. Now, as Finland prepares to apply for Nato membership, she assesses the security situation in Europe
Read the full article23 April 2022
‘I don’t know if being an MP is the best route for me…’: eco entrepreneur Dale Vince makes his move into politics
Dale Vince is selling his green energy firm Ecotricity to enter the world of politics. He tells MATT WITHERS why (if not necessarily how)
Read the full article15 April 2022
The big Easter culture quiz
From music to film, TV to architecture, test your knowledge of Europe with our fiendishly tricky quiz
Read the full article07 April 2022
Beware, David Frost is on manoeuvres
With his latest Panglossian take on Brexit Britain, the former minister is telling the Conservative Party what it wants to hear
Read the full article02 April 2022
Paradise for conspiracy theorists: the world of deepfakes
Improving technology will make it easier for bad actors and the criminal fraternity to fool us all
Read the full article22 March 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has ‘pushed a major reset button’ in Europe
Former Indian ambassador to Germany Gurjit Singh explains his country’s position on Ukraine - and why he wants to see a strong Europe
Read the full article12 March 2022
‘Ultimately we’ve got to avoid conflict with the Russians because that would go nuclear’
Chemical weapons expert Hamish de Bretton-Gordon on Ukraine, Syria and how the West deals with Vladimir Putin
Read the full article09 March 2022
Steady as she goes: Lib Dems unveil long march back into Europe
Stung by their 2019 election campaign but keen to shore up their pro-EU convictions, the party will this weekend vote on a detailed roadmap back
Read the full article07 March 2022
Nigel Farage’s call for a net-zero referendum is a final, desperate bid for relevance
A recent biography demonstrates how the former Ukip leader doesn't believe anything beyond the fact that Nigel Farage should get a lot of attention
Read the full article05 March 2022
‘Music’s about making you feel a certain way. It’s an escape’ – Feeder’s Grant Nicholas
The Feeder frontman on reflecting the pandemic, the decline of guitar bands and avoiding TikTok
Read the full article28 February 2022
Message in a bottle: a history of the Molotov cocktail
As Ukraine's residents follow the call of their government and make Molotov cocktails, where did this crude weapon of war come from?
Read the full article23 February 2022
Jacob Rees-Mogg, king of the uninformed ad hoc reckon
The confusion over recognising testing on industrial goods by the EU is just the start for this liability of a minister
Read the full article19 February 2022
40,000 and counting: the healthy pigs being killed because of Britain’s lack of butchers
At least 40,000 pigs have been culled and their meat wasted because Brexit has led to a lack of butchers to process them
Read the full article15 February 2022
Stop the pigeon: how Brexit floored the fanciers
For more than 120 years British pigeon fanciers have raced their birds over the Channel. But Brexit has put paid to it
Read the full article11 February 2022
Shamed by their lowly neighbours, West Ham opted for money over morality
The Premier League club's decision to stick with a player videoed kicking a cat shows it exists in a moral vacuum, writes MATT WITHERS
Read the full article05 February 2022
‘I didn’t like saying it to strangers’ – Sea Power’s Yan on name changes, grief and staying serious
Sea Power vocalist Yan on changing the band's name and facing a backlash from Dan Wootton
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06 February 2021
‘We will move closer to Europe’ – David Lidington on his campaign to transform the Tories
29 January 2021
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