Students from this week’s episode of University Challenge. Credit: BBC

02/26/2026 - 4:00pm

University Challenge has lost touch with ordinary viewers I refuse to watch a program that has such contempt for basic general knowledge

'Positive endorsement of connection is just as important as criticism of patriarchal control.' Credit: Getty.

Can Reform UK really reverse the sexual revolution?

Wednesday

25.02

US State Department hosts Tommy Robinson The activist has previously been banned from America

After years of rip-roaring US growth, things are slowing down. Credit: Getty

Wall Street is losing faith in the AI narrative

Is there really a graduate jobs crisis? Widely reported data paints a misleading picture

Mandelson scandal is the end of centrist morality politics Without an ethical message, what’s the point of the Labour Party?

Emmanuel Macron is one of the few realists left on the continent. Credit: Getty

It’s time for Europe to resume talks with Russia

Pavel Devyatkin and Anatol Lieven

Tuesday

24.02

How Survivor foreshadowed the influencer economy A series that once felt transgressive now looks prophetic

Should AI chatbots report suspected school shooters? Our confessions to LLMs are warping both parties

Gavin Newsom’s SAT remark cheapens case for meritocracy A confident democracy would not sneer at excellence, but try to make it attainable for all

Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo onstage at the Baftas on Sunday. Credit: BBC

Baftas Tourette’s row is endpoint of therapy culture

Stella O'Malley

Reform UK misreads Christianity in Britain Belief in God goes beyond national identity and tradition

Monday

23.02

El Mencho death shows Trump’s growing influence in Mexico The anti-CJNG campaign is pragmatic recognition of Washington’s leverage

‘The cultural relativism which defends some forms of discrimination against women is not yet dead and buried.’ Credit: Getty

No feminist should defend the niqab

Sunday

22.02

Death of New York accent is just the tip of cultural flattening A new survey suggests the Big Apple is losing its twang

Germany’s economy is too reliant on China Berlin is importing more than double the value of its exports to its top trading partner

‘The “roadman”, along with the broader “Yookay” genre of commentary, has emerged as a new symbol for familiar anxieties.’ Credit: sznsession/TikTok

AI decline porn is a distortion of modern Britain

Will Trump’s WHO alternative prevent future lockdowns? Totalitarianism will characterize any potential pandemic response

Saturday

21.02

‘Iran isn’t powerless to hit back against American interests.’ Credit: Getty

Regime change in Iran won’t be cost-free

Daniel DePetris

Carlson-Huckabee interview shows the irrelevance of Christian Zionism Pro-Israel voices in the GOP now sound out of step with the Republican base

Friday

20.02

'We need a systematic, scientific way of logging and analysing potential signs of extraterrestrial life.' Credit: Getty.

Trump’s alien files release will boost scientific transparency

Supreme Court tariff ruling may strengthen Trump It could offer tangible relief for voters

Time for a reset? Credit: Getty

After Christine Lagarde, the ECB must abandon activism

Wolfgang Munchau

Freedom.gov is America’s latest insult to Europe A new site will allow Europeans to access content banned in their countries

Meta trial is a turning point for fightback against social media What unfolds in Los Angeles could redefine how we hold digital giants to account

Stella O'Malley

Thursday

19.02

Protracted war with Iran would haunt Trump in November A lengthy campaign will distract the President from his domestic audience

Emily Jashinsky

Former Tory MP joins neo-Nazi Azov Brigade Jack Lopresti praised the far-Right unit as a ‘benchmark for modern warfare’

The former prince was arrested today following allegations he shared sensitive information with Epstein. Credit: Getty

Andrew’s arrest proves fairness of Britain’s constitutional monarchy

Boycotting Trump’s State of the Union is performative The Left is still squandering its opportunity to punish the administration

French Antifa violence is spilling into mainstream politics The death of a Right-wing activist has shone a light on radical groups

Francois Valentin

London Stock Exchange’s China gamble: a recipe for decline Britain should look to closer bonds with allies instead of appeasing Beijing

Wednesday

18.02

Zohran Mamdani's tax hike will drive out New Yorkers With reserves thinning, higher levies may do more harm than good

Santiago Vidal Calvo