The New World

Pianos, iPads and a lot of shellfish: Pete Hegseth's Pengaton spending spree The defence secretary's department spent an incredible $93 billion in one month, much on very weird items indeed

The defence secretary's department spent an incredible $93 billion in one month, much on very weird items indeed

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Trump’s Iran war is a family business The president’s attack on Iran is about building an American dynasty – and stuffing his family’s coffers yet further

What Trump wants to do is establish a huge global franchise in which the Trump brand will be so strong that it might not even need elective office

✏️ Matthew d'Ancona

Palantir boasts its AI will harm Labour voters. Why doesn’t Starmer kick it out? CEO Alex Karp said the quiet part out loud in an interview. Yet his company is still embedded in our NHS and defence

CEO Alex Karp said the quiet part out loud in an interview. Yet his company is still embedded in our NHS and defence

✏️ @jamesrball.com

The Brexiteers all in a pickle over Monster Munch A new deal with the EU has roused the ERG from its slumber to defend the nation against a vicious attack on our Pot Noodles and Bacon Fries

A new deal with the EU has roused the ERG from its slumber to defend the nation against a vicious attack on our Pot Noodles and Bacon Fries

✏️ @mattwithers.bsky.social

Brits living in Dubai – sorry, but you’re awful

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LIVE NOW: Jay Elwes talks to Phil Ball on the death of progress The New World on Substack

LIVE NOW 🎥 Jay Elwes in conversation with Philip Ball on the death of progress 👇

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The moral sewer of Louis Theroux’s Manosphere His new documentary series profiles delusional misogynists. Will the women in their lives ever push back against them?

His new documentary series profiles delusional misogynists. Will the women in their lives ever push back against them?

✏️ @rostaylor.bsky.social

Sorry but your dog should be illegal If it can’t breathe properly, if its back can’t support its own weight and if it can’t even give birth without a cesarean, then your dog is an abomination. Much better to get a mutt instead

If it can’t breathe properly, if its back can’t support its own weight and if it can’t even give birth without a cesarean, then your dog is an abomination. Much better to get a mutt instead

✏️ Lucy Reade

Badenoch, Harrogate and the Ayatollahs The Tory party gathered for its spring conference this weekend – the party is now so extreme that it is on the verge of becoming sinister

The Tory party gathered for its spring conference this weekend – the party is now so extreme that it is on the verge of becoming sinister

✏️ Patience Wheatcroft

Quentin Tarantino is back... sigh The foul-mouthed vinyl-botherer is leaving cinema behind to bring a "swashbuckling comedy" to London's West End

The foul-mouthed vinyl-botherer is leaving cinema behind to bring a "swashbuckling comedy" to London's West End

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Everyday philosophy: What to do with corpses For thousands of years, philosophers have disagreed over what to do with mortal remains. Some wanted a solemn burial, others to be eaten by dogs, while others jumped into a volcano. What would they…

For thousands of years, philosophers have disagreed over what to do with mortal remains. What would they have made of a modern, water-based method?

✏️ @nigelwarburton.bsky.social

The increasingly complex calculus in being the British Prime Minister The Matts tackle a number of intersecting topics: can the Peter Mandelson affair damage Keir Starmer more than it already has? What did his stance on Iran

The Matts tackle a number of intersecting topics: can the Peter Mandelson affair damage Keir Starmer more than it already has? What did his stance on Iran do for Labour in the polls?

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Trump’s Iran war has broken the world If we look six months into the future, the consequences of this conflict for Iran, the region and for the world all look bad – there is no good outcome from this war

If we look six months into the future, the consequences of this conflict for Iran, the region and for the world all look bad – there is no good outcome from this war

✏️ Richard Lambert

The right gets in a fury... about animals on banknotes The Tories, Reform and the right wing media are in uproar at "woke" Bank of England plans to put beloved British wildlife on banknotes

The Tories, Reform and the right wing media are in uproar at "woke" Bank of England plans to put beloved British wildlife on banknotes

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Can folk music fend off the far right? Traditional English music is booming again, but extremists are trying to jump on the bandwagon

Traditional English music is booming again, but extremists are trying to jump on the bandwagon

✏️ Kit Roberts

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Shameless Mandelson could still finish Starmer New revelations about the disgraced peer’s chutzpah - and his payoff demands - again call into question the prime minister’s judgement

New revelations about the disgraced peer’s chutzpah - and his payoff demands - again call into question the prime minister’s judgement

✏️ @jamesrball.com

Trump: Dead soldiers are walking around without legs The increasingly loopy president's public pronouncements are becoming more unhinged by the day

The increasingly loopy president's public pronouncements are becoming more unhinged by the day

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How Van Gogh got yellow fever A new exhibition explores why the colour inspires artists to create some of their greatest work

VAN GOGH 🌻 A new exhibition explores why the colour inspires artists to create some of their greatest work

✏️ Deborah Nash

The quislings of the right have abandoned patriotism Their mud-slinging over Iran shows that Farage, Badenoch and the Mail prefer to side with US extremists than back their own country

Their mud-slinging over Iran shows that Farage, Badenoch and the Mail prefer to side with US extremists than back their own country

✏️ @paulmason.bsky.social

Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of a party he isn't a member of The former Labour leader is now the parliamentary leader of Your Party - although the Commons authorities still list him as an independent

The former Labour leader is now the parliamentary leader of Your Party - although the Commons authorities still list him as an independent

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Dilettante: Brits living in Dubai – sorry, but you’re awful If your priorities in life are heat and paying no tax, and if you choose to ignore harsh, dubious rules, especially for women, then don’t be surprised if most of us back in the old country regard you…

If your priorities in life are heat and paying no tax, and if you choose to ignore harsh, dubious rules, especially for women, then don’t be surprised if most of us back in the old country regard you as a soulless, smug twat

✏️ @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com

Alastair Campbell’s diary: Trump’s dark legacy – the world now sees America as worse than China MAGA has made the land of the free more of a global danger than a repressive surveillance state that spies, steals and kills

MAGA has made the land of the free more of a global danger than a repressive surveillance state that spies, steals and kills

✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social

The Telegraph's new German owner is going to interfere The takeover came with talk of protecting editorial independence - but Axel Springer’s CEO doesn‘t do hands-off

The takeover came with talk of protecting editorial independence - but Axel Springer’s CEO doesn‘t do hands-off

✏️ Tanit Koch

The Farage-Trump friendship has gone cold The Reform leader was snubbed by the president on his latest trip to America

The Reform leader was snubbed by the president on his latest trip to America

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The bombs and the bombshell: At home in Dubai with Isabel Oakeshott The right wing hack and partner of Reform’s Richard Tice welcomes us into her magnificent war-torn penthouse (note to lawyers: this is satire)

The right wing hack and partner of Reform’s Richard Tice welcomes us into her magnificent war-torn penthouse (note to lawyers: this is satire)

✏️ @mrhenrymorris.substack.com

Trump’s war of blood and oil The president’s attack on Iran is about building an American dynasty - and stuffing his family’s coffers yet further

The president’s attack on Iran is about building an American dynasty - and stuffing his family’s coffers yet further

✏️ Matthew d’Ancona

The return of slavery The Taliban government in Afghanistan has just released a new penal code. The rules it sets out are relentlessly brutal and backward

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has just released a new penal code. The rules it sets out are relentlessly brutal and backward

✏️ @lynneodonnell.bsky.social

Is Timothée Chalamet taking the piss? The Oscar-nominated star of Marty Supreme is either unbearably self-confident — or quietly hilarious

The Oscar-nominated star of Marty Supreme is either unbearably self-confident — or quietly hilarious

✏️ John Bleasdale

Isabel Oakeshott and some familiar words The hacktivist was one of many across Dubai posting exactly the same thing on X in the wake of a drone attack

The hacktivist was one of many across Dubai posting exactly the same thing on X in the wake of a drone attack

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