The cult of modernism is waning. Credit: Getty

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Will Trump make Penn Station beautiful again?

Nicholas Boys Smith

Can Farage protect Reform UK from audience capture? James McMurdock’s race row shows an unsettling proximity to the far-Right

Rachel Reeves’s bank raid will drive Britain into stagnation Labour is trapped in a cycle of crisis management

Friday, 29 August

The Gates Foundation has quietly cut links with a firm linked with the Democrats. Credit: Getty

Democrats’ dark-money empire is falling apart

Emily Jashinsky

A protester outside the Court of Appeal ahead of today's ruling. Credit: Getty

Epping ruling is a hollow victory for Labour

Norway’s divestment from Israel is purely symbolic Any sanctions programme not backed by Washington is powerless

Maximilian Hess

Tony Blair is not the answer to the Gazan crisis A history of prior failures in the Middle East hasn’t deterred the former PM

A European ‘reassurance force’ in Ukraine is a fantasy The continent is utterly incapable of providing sufficient support

Thursday, 28 August

Anti-social behaviour should be prosecuted. Credit: Getty

Progressives underestimate the danger of subway disorder

Rafael A. Mangual

Trump, like Obama, is overreaching on gender in schools Presidents should stop politicising the curriculum

Lisa Selin Davis

The man, the myth, the legend. Credit: Dark Sleuth Secrets/YouTube

Purple Aki revealed Liverpool’s uneasy racial politics

England’s schools are not becoming more racist Alarmist headlines are creating a false panic

Is immigration really causing a surge in UK sexual crime? Recent reports are skewed by missing information

Wednesday, 27 August

America’s sweethearts. Credit: Getty

Will Taylor Swift’s engagement spur a marriage boom?

Brad Wilcox Grant Bailey and Sophie Anderson

Farewell Robert Habeck, symbol of Green failure Germany’s former vice-chancellor leaves his party facing an uncertain future

BBC’s King and Conqueror butchers the 1066 story The new series is a drab retelling of a well-covered subject

France’s budget crisis is a warning for Labour PM François Bayrou must make cuts to avoid a debt spiral

Reform UK’s deportation plan underestimates the Blob Courts and the Civil Service would likely block Farage’s policy

Gabriel McKeown

Tuesday, 26 August

Allen has nothing left to lose. Credit: Getty

Woody Allen’s Moscow festival appearance is not an endorsement of Putin

Valerie Stivers

Chinese stocks rally despite Evergrande collapse The property giant’s delisting has not dented investor confidence

War on the Fed is Trump’s Andrew Jackson moment By firing Lisa Cook, he is challenging the authority of central bankers

Google's AI summaries are hurting media outlets' bottom lines. Credit: Getty

‘Google Zero’ is killing the media

Timandra Harkness

Is mass immigration driving rise in UK sexual violence? A new report has exposed the dark side of Britain’s lax borders

Monday, 25 August

Marjorie Taylor Greene tests the limits of Trump’s influence From Israel to Epstein, the Georgia Congresswoman is carving out her own lane

The National Guard won’t stop blue-city crime Sending troops to Chicago and New York City would be a political disaster

Gender activists have discovered an EU loophole. Credit: Getty

Why is the EU falling behind Britain on gender?

Josephine Bartosch

Lucy Connolly is right to speak out against Keir Starmer Her case raises questions about fairness and accountability in Britain

UK asylum hotel protests fuel surge in grassroots nationalism The PM is struggling to contain rising unrest over migrant housing

Sunday, 24 August

Donbas is the trap Putin set for Ukraine What seems like a peace offer is a lure designed to weaken Ukraine from within

Bethany Elliott

Brain was the charismatic leader of the Nine O'Clock Service. Credit: Getty

Why young Christians fell for Chris Brain’s Nine O’Clock Service

Falling membership leaves SNP in crisis Financial troubles only compound the nationalists’ crumbling vote

Iain Macwhirter

Saturday, 23 August

Ghislaine Maxwell has given Trump a get-out-of-jail-free card Her testimony gives the President an excuse to go after his enemies