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Monday, December 9thMonday
Dec 9^th

Reaction 20:30

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Daniel Penny acquittal confirms end of BLM era

Today's social justice advocates appear exhausted.

Oliver Bateman

News 17:30

News

John Mearsheimer: Trump is appointing Russophobic hawks

Max Mitchell

Debate 12:45

Debate

debate

Net Zero drive will leave British Army in ruin

Philip Pilkington

Reaction 10:00

Reaction

Notre Dame proves the West can build if it wants to

Mary Harrington

Analysis 07:00

Analysis

Keir Starmer’s main threat will come from the Left

John Oxley

Sunday, December 8thSunday
Dec 8^th

Debate 18:40

Debate

America’s Christian revival is a response to fractured politics

Mounting existential anxieties and crises of national identity have contributed to the demand for Bibles.

Spencer A. Klavan

Explainer 15:20

Explainer

explainer

Can Joe Biden fix his death penalty legacy?

David Rose

Reaction 11:40

Reaction

Fall of Assad leaves Putin powerless in Middle East

Tom Rogan

Analysis 08:00

Analysis

Reform UK still has a youth problem

Peter Franklin

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Second Term

Trump’s new world order Global leaders are reassessing their position

Tom McTague

4 mins

Syria

Will Tehran be next? Iran's myth of power has shattered

Edward Luttwak

4 mins

10 Dec

restoration

Why we want regal overlords Our managerial overclass has had its day

Mary Harrington

6 mins

10 Dec

Syria

Will Tehran be next? Iran's myth of power has shattered

Edward Luttwak

4 mins

10 Dec

restoration

Why we want regal overlords Our managerial overclass has had its day

Mary Harrington

6 mins

10 Dec

populism

Viktor Orban’s architectural ambition Budapest is having a renaissance

Wessie du Toit

6 mins

10 Dec

From the archive

Gen Z’s worship of the Unabomber He was the violent prophet of our tech-dystopia

Rosie Gray

8 mins

9 Dec

Revolution in Syria

Daniel Penny acquittal confirms end of BLM era

John Mearsheimer: Trump is appointing Russophobic hawks

Net Zero drive will leave British Army in ruin

Notre Dame proves the West can build if it wants to

Keir Starmer’s main threat will come from the Left

America’s Christian revival is a response to fractured politics

Can Joe Biden fix his death penalty legacy?

Fall of Assad leaves Putin powerless in Middle East

Reform UK still has a youth problem

Trump’s new world order Global leaders are reassessing their position

Will Tehran be next? Iran's myth of power has shattered

Why we want regal overlords Our managerial overclass has had its day

Will Tehran be next? Iran's myth of power has shattered

Why we want regal overlords Our managerial overclass has had its day

Viktor Orban’s architectural ambition Budapest is having a renaissance

Gen Z’s worship of the Unabomber He was the violent prophet of our tech-dystopia

Will Tehran be next? Iran's myth of power has shattered

Why we want regal overlords Our managerial overclass has had its day

Viktor Orban’s architectural ambition Budapest is having a renaissance

How Britain’s trains were derailed Foreigners can get us back on track

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Revolution in Syria

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Politics

Keir Starmer’s main threat will come from the Left

Can Joe Biden fix his death penalty legacy?

Reform UK still has a youth problem

Trump’s new world order

Will Tehran be next?

University of Michigan’s diversity overhaul won’t defeat DEI

Are teenage terrorists really on the rise?

AfD culls radical youth wing as it plots route to power

Bitcoin boom could lead to a heavy crash

Sergey Lavrov: Biden wants to sabotage Trump on Ukraine

Is Keir Starmer really shifting Right on immigration?

Sadiq Khan: the last man in Britain to deserve a knighthood

Fall of Hama could have dangerous consequences

What next for Syria? As the regime falls, the region is in flux

Emmanuel Macron is no de Gaulle The French President will leave a shoddy legacy

How McKinsey could exploit DOGE State inefficiency risks going private

What is Melania Trump thinking? She revels in the role of the good immigrant

Russia’s plan for Tulsi Gabbard She is the ideal weapon in Putin's propaganda war

Starmer adrift: What future for British politics?

These Times

What the Right gets wrong about Canada Has the dull kingdom become a dystopia?

Our Mission

The Menendez brothers prey on empathy Lack of discernment makes us gullible

UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting exposes America’s class divide

Keir Starmer is taking on the Deep State

Britain’s prisons crisis goes deeper than Starmer realises

Are assisted dying supporters preparing to weaken bill’s safeguards?

Michel Barnier’s fall won’t save Macron

Notre-Dame won’t redeem Macron The shiny new cathedral resembles a civic town hall

How Boomers blocked the open road Americans can no longer afford to move

Putin escalates: The threat of World War Three

These Times

American politics will be born again The vast wilderness is full of hope

Labour’s politics of polite automatons Keir Starmer's reset is pointless tinkering

Hamas is not invincible Palestine solidarity could shatter

UK

Net Zero drive will leave British Army in ruin

Keir Starmer’s main threat will come from the Left

Reform UK still has a youth problem

How Britain’s trains were derailed

Labour’s politics of polite automatons

Will Supreme Court trans case be America’s Cass moment?

Eric Adams may be New York’s best hope for tackling the migrant crisis

The Turner Prize has traded art for politics

Belgium’s new sex work law sanitises prostitution

The artistic case for returning the Elgin Marbles

Javier Milei: Argentina’s Darwinian disruptor America is watching his revolution closely

Who will bring down Michel Barnier? French politicians are playing a dangerous game

Ireland’s migration election History shapes the nation's populism

Donald Trump: Peacemaker President?

These Times

Donald Trump and the myth of whiteness The Left views minorities as fragile ethnic others

Australia has shown the way on free speech Has it thrown off its penchant for technocracy?

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