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Friday, May 23rdFriday
May 23^rd

Analysis 16:00

Analysis

MAHA Commission report is a challenge to Big Pharma

Jay Richards

Reaction 13:00

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Alasdair MacIntyre: the original post-liberal philosopher

He decried the Enlightenment’s doomed attempt to ground morality in reason alone.

James Orr

Analysis 10:00

Analysis

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Another round of European sanctions won’t deter Putin

Bethany Elliott

Thursday, May 22ndThursday
May 22^nd

Reaction 21:00

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The steroid Olympics are here to stay

Oliver Bateman

Analysis 17:30

Analysis

analysis

US bond sell-off is creating a debt spiral

John Rapley

Explainer 15:00

Explainer

Trump’s populist agenda needs more than a Big Beautiful Bill

Fred Bauer

Debate 12:30

Debate

Kneecap are victims of the Anglo-Irish divide

Northern Ireland’s historic ethnic conflict is dormant enough that what is technically illegal can be safely ignored.

Aris Roussinos

Reaction 10:00

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Why MAGA believes in South Africa’s ‘white genocide’ theory

Gavin Haynes

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Weekend Essay

The Pope versus the populists Can there be reconciliation?

Sohrab Ahmari

8 mins

Weekend Analysis

Trump’s new world disorder America is heading for a default

Helen Thompson

6 mins

17 May

Investigation

How Islamism infiltrated Downing Street Sectarianism is affecting policymaking

David Rose

12 mins

16 May

Psychiatry

ADHD medicine has failed boys Stop blaming the kids

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

15 May

Do no harm

New York’s euthanasia bill targets me Suicide-by-doctor cheapens disabled lives

Dovie Eisner

6 mins

14 May

Psychiatry

ADHD medicine has failed boys Stop blaming the kids

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

15 May

Do no harm

New York’s euthanasia bill targets me Suicide-by-doctor cheapens disabled lives

Dovie Eisner

6 mins

14 May

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The danger of Europe’s East-West divide

MAHA Commission report is a challenge to Big Pharma

Alasdair MacIntyre: the original post-liberal philosopher

Another round of European sanctions won’t deter Putin

The steroid Olympics are here to stay

US bond sell-off is creating a debt spiral

Trump’s populist agenda needs more than a Big Beautiful Bill

Kneecap are victims of the Anglo-Irish divide

Why MAGA believes in South Africa’s ‘white genocide’ theory

The Pope versus the populists Can there be reconciliation?

Trump’s new world disorder America is heading for a default

How Islamism infiltrated Downing Street Sectarianism is affecting policymaking

ADHD medicine has failed boys Stop blaming the kids

New York’s euthanasia bill targets me Suicide-by-doctor cheapens disabled lives

ADHD medicine has failed boys Stop blaming the kids

New York’s euthanasia bill targets me Suicide-by-doctor cheapens disabled lives

Elon Musk: mommy’s boy Is Maye the power behind the X-man's throne?

Can indie novels save our minds? A renaissance takes brave authors

From the UK edition

UK net migration has fallen — but the crisis isn’t over

Is Right-wing extremism really Germany’s greatest threat?

Giving Ozempic to 20 million Brits would be disastrous

Kemi Badenoch isn’t taking the Lib Dem threat seriously

Who does the EU youth mobility scheme really benefit?

Starmer’s winter fuel U-turn reveals a government without direction

Gary Lineker exit has exposed BBC’s double standards

Donald Tusk is powerless to stop Poland’s Right-wing wave

New report exposes fallacy of UK Net Zero target

Labour’s foreign aid cuts are long overdue

Criminals will love Labour’s prison reforms Sentencing works, probation doesn’t

How Canada’s boomers stole the future

The gold mine tearing Ulster apart

Sumo is bigger than ever

Watch & listen

Politics

Trump’s war on cheap plastic junk

Criminals will love Labour’s prison reforms

Trump’s Golden Dome is a high-stakes gamble

Fake summer reading list exposes AI threat to journalism

Incel coverage is fueling a moral panic

Democrats will never find a liberal Joe Rogan

Pam Bondi is right: the DoJ isn’t impartial

Nvidia’s Middle East expansion is a bet against China

New Gaza offensive is turning Netanyahu’s allies against him

How China co-opted the green movement Development for Beijing, degrowth for us

Can China rescue the classics? Greek philosophy may be of ideological use

India can’t win a war with Pakistan Modi has everything to lose

Trump: the Multipolar President?

These Times

Elon Musk: mommy’s boy Is Maye the power behind the X-man's throne?

How data wrecked American warfare Robert McNamara remade the military

Our Mission

Bidengate is the anti-Watergate Democracy has died in darkness

Was Biden’s cancer diagnosis covered up?

Bernie Sanders: Democrats are a threat to democracy

Gary Lineker exit has exposed BBC’s double standards

Fertility clinic bombing heralds weird new era of terrorism

My night with Romania’s defeated populists

Trump should not demand a ceasefire in Putin call

Donald Tusk is powerless to stop Poland’s Right-wing wave

Katy Perry is pointing us to the Moon Nasa must beat China

Welcome to the age of Otaku Ghibli memes are just the start

How the BBC killed HARDtalk

Stephen Sackur

Can indie novels save our minds? A renaissance takes brave authors

Japan’s humiliation of South Korea They should be the best of friends

Culture

Kneecap are victims of the Anglo-Irish divide

Democrats will never find a liberal Joe Rogan

Elon Musk: mommy’s boy

Can indie novels save our minds?

Moody’s US credit rating downgrade has spooked investors

China threatens Scott Bessent’s economic rebalancing act

Can Germany really build the strongest army in Europe?

Labour is panicking over deportation hubs

Harvard is preparing to outlast Trump’s war on DEI

Grok’s ‘white genocide’ glitch: a cautionary tale for AI’s future

Istanbul Ukraine talks are for show, not peace

Trump’s rural voters know what they’re doing Sneering only widens the divide

Aptitude tests are making us stupid They encourage workplace conservatism