OpenAI boss Sam Altman. Credit: Getty
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OpenAI spy scandal marks new front in espionage America is entering another cold war

Elliot Leavy

14.10

Will Greta Gerwig betray CS Lewis’s Narnia vision? Her adaptation of The Magician’s Nephew is rooted in modern sensibilities

Niall Gooch

14.10

Oxford University has lost its marbles over idioms Languages thrive on eccentric expressions

Philip Hensher

14.10

The school screens war has become a class signifier EdTech is widening the socioeconomic learning gap

Kristina Murkett

Tuesday, October 13

13.10

Mamdani’s NYPD reforms will punish good policing The city should not create disincentives for officers doing their jobs properly

Josh Appel

13.10

Spain’s housing protests should scare European leaders Rent costs are mobilizing angry young people across the continent

Julian Bovill

13.10

Shane Gillis SNL response is confected outrage Why is anyone surprised when the show seeks to offend liberal pieties?

Ryan Zickgraf

Monday, October 12

12.10
Fake news. Credit: Getty

James Talarico conspiracies embarrass MAGA influencers

Sohrab Ahmari

12.10

Nigel Farage’s asylum pledge isn’t extremist Britain’s Overton window has shifted on immigration

Chris Bayliss

12.10

Anthropic’s Claude cruelty policy risks humanizing AI Treating models as sentient is a slippery slope

Timandra Harkness

12.10
Orangemen take part in the Drumcree parade. Credit: Getty

Drumcree march ban comes at a cost to nationalists

Gerry Lynch

Sunday, October 11

11.10

Will Trump’s diesel deal with Russia bring down Zelensky? Putin has undermined Ukraine’s standing with Washington

Maximilian Hess

11.10

AfD is moving closer to power by softening EU stance Right-wing European parties are finding ways to work with Brussels

Peter Franklin

Saturday, October 10

10.10

Republicans are squandering the Latino vote Texas Hispanics are losing faith with Trump

Michael Lind

10.10

Trump’s ICC sanctions are diplomatic overreach The administration is bypassing limits on presidential power

Kyle Sammin

10.10
The aftermath of an antisemitic arson attack in north London earlier this year. Credit: Getty

Sectarianism is driving Britain’s hate crime surge

Ralph Leonard

Friday, October 9

09.10

Canada’s assisted dying reversal provides hope for Europe The country has revoked plans to legalize euthanasia for mental illness

Adam James Pollock

09.10
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich spoke at this year’s NatCon Jerusalem. Credit: National Conservatism/YouTube

NatCon’s pro-Israel conference hides deeper Right-wing split

Nikos Mohammadi

09.10

French student protests could provoke a wider Gen-Z revolt Youth dissatisfaction across Europe is at boiling point

Susanne Mundschenk

09.10

Livestreamed executions are downstream of internet gore The Pentagon is taking its cue from online snuff videos

Mary Harrington

Thursday, October 8

08.10
Hasan Piker has been an albatross around Abdul El-Sayed's neck. (Finn Gomez/Getty)

Democrats’ civil war over Israel is a midterms liability

Sam Kahn

08.10

Could France’s debt crisis cause a European financial crash? Failing to appease the bond market may have a domino effect

Jagjit Chadha

08.10
Royal Navy service member Teddy Young was this week charged with spying for a foreign country. Credit: Getty

Royal Navy spying case is just the start of UK’s espionage problems

Ian Proud

Wednesday, October 7

07.10

LeBron James Polymarket deal cheapens sport Gambling is making further inroads into basketball

Matthew Gasda

07.10

Majority of antisemitic assaults now come from the Left A new report finds a surge in ideologically-motivated violence after October 7

Eric Kaufmann

07.10
Shabana Mahmood has claimed that almost all women seeking refuge in Britain aboard small boats have been raped during their crossing. Credit: Getty

Is Labour really facing up to migrant sex crime?

Nina Welsch

07.10

The Right is outgrowing Fox News Thirty years on from its launch, the network’s relevance is fading

Ryan Zickgraf

07.10

Russian plague is not the next Covid Policymakers must resist an authoritarian public-health response

David Paton

Tuesday, October 6

06.10

Don’t shed a tear for the death of the dinner party A decline in hosting is evidence that the social contract has broken down

Valerie Stivers

06.10
‘Archer lied like his life depended on it, and often it did.’ (Dave M. Benett/Getty)

Jeffrey Archer was Britain’s favorite scoundrel

Samuel Rubinstein

06.10

Scrapping USAID didn’t cause Latin America’s Rightward turn Several Left-wing governments despised the agency too

David Agren

06.10

Britain has become a breeding ground for terror Extremists of all stripes are drawn to the country's shores

Wessie du Toit