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Donald Trump, American Caesar
The president and his acolytes are creating a whole new way of running a country – and this is only the beginning
Three steps to help Starmer beat Reform
The prime minister needs to crack down on crime, set and meet a fair migration target and bring in a UK ID card
Why are Germans fed up with politics?
A recent psychological study revealed how the country picks its politicians. The results were nothing short of depressing
The wasted legacy of North Sea Oil
Half a century after oil and gas were discovered under the North Sea, Shetland is still enjoying the benefits that England threw away
When hard hearts beat soft power
The White House’s destruction of USAID is a callous, catastrophic mistake that will damage America as well as the world
The decline and fall of Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst’s work is stale, insular, highly lucrative. Why were we ever taken in by him?
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What happened at the AI summit in Paris?
Farage ruined farming – so why do some farmers want him at their protests?
The president’s brain is missing… again
Why Unforgotten is unforgiven by Brexiteers
We need a Labour revolution on Brexit
Donald Trump has no plan
What Trump’s Ukraine betrayal means for Britain
The fatal timidity of the centre left
Writers
Alastair Campbell
We need a Labour revolution on Brexit
Tanit Koch
Why are Germans fed up with politics?
James Ball
The president’s brain is missing… again
Bonnie Greer
What I got wrong about Donald Trump and America
Paul Mason
What Trump’s Ukraine betrayal means for Britain
Liz Gerard
How the Express keeps on digging
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Farage ruined farming – so why do some farmers want him at their protests?
The industry is split about Reform’s leader appearing at their rallies against inheritance tax
Why The White Lotus is murderously good
The third instalment of Mike White’s acclaimed series is back with its usual love of mystery, lurking lust and dark humour
What happened at the AI summit in Paris?
The debate over the future of the new technology was between the US and EU. The danger for Britain is that we begin to look irrelevant
The president’s brain is missing… again
Not even his shocked closest allies know what drove Donald Trump’s Ukraine sell-out
Dubai Dicky gets a mauling from Julia Hartley-Brewer
Reform’s deputy leader presumably expected an easy ride being interviewed by the right wing hack – but was left looking foolish
Is Lee Anderson shaming quiet man Farage?
The Reform MP sought to mock his neighbours’ lack of Commons contributions, but only highlighted how little his leader has done
Podcasts
The Two Matts
If this is a coup, what will Trump do next?
The Two Matts
Everything humans need to know about Artificial Intelligence – with Parmy Olson
The Two Matts
Q&A: Customs union vs the single market: what’s the difference?
The Two Matts
Donald Trump: Clueless in Gaza
The Two Matts
Damian Collins on the future of British Conservatives and social media
The New Europe
What happened at the AI summit in Paris?
The debate over the future of the new technology was between the US and EU. The danger for Britain is that we begin to look irrelevant
The fatal timidity of the centre left
Politicians like Starmer and Scholz govern while looking over their shoulders. Rightists like Trump are more adept at concentrating power and using it
Why are Germans fed up with politics?
A recent psychological study revealed how the country picks its politicians. The results were nothing short of depressing
What Kosovo has that Britain doesn’t
The country goes to the polls on Sunday – and the people of Kosovo know exactly what they want
The president’s brain is missing… again
Not even his shocked closest allies know what drove Donald Trump’s Ukraine sell-out
What Trump’s Ukraine betrayal means for Britain
This Munich moment means Starmer must borrow to rearm, then forge stronger ties with the EU
What Musk and Putin have in common
The Ukraine invasion and Musk’s Twitter buyout of Twitter show how weak accountability is in authoritarian regimes and among ultra-rich tech titans
Ukraine’s painful beauty
A Kyiv gallery has defied Russian missile attacks to stage a visceral but tender art competition for artists under 35
How Labour can prove it stands by Ukraine
The strategically important city of Pokrovsk is in Putin’s sights. The government should do everything it can to stop him – starting with donating surplus MoD equipment to Volodymyr Zelensky
We were always going to betray Ukraine
Zelensky has done all he can. But as the final sell-out approaches, the west has not done nearly enough
Sergio Leone’s big dreams
A sumptuously illustrated book of interviews with the director reveals his extraordinary love of the monumental
Brutalism: a dream of form and function
In the 1990s, Britain fell out of love with its concrete masterpieces – but then it all changed
Why The White Lotus is murderously good
Why is French food in the UK so bad?
Why coleslaw is literally a word salad
The cookbooks which hurl you headlong into the beating heart of a nation
Tollbua is a church without pretence or cultish charms
Rebuilding Palmyra, brick by electronic brick
The Pirate who valued his authenticity above all else
The soprano dubbed the ‘highest expression of Venus on Earth’
The Ambassadress of French Song
The perpetual outsider who was always the centre of attention
The man of paper who died with his city
