What's happening today beneath the surface

Sunday, April 20thSunday
Apr 20^th

Explainer 18:00

Explainer

What’s behind Trump’s dovish turn on Iran?

Tom Rogan

Reaction 16:00

Reaction

Christian revival isn’t surprising in an age of public shaming

Niall Gooch

Explainer 13:00

Explainer

explainer

China’s LNG ban shows Trump’s tariffs are backfiring

Ralph Schoellhammer

Saturday, April 19thSaturday
Apr 19^th

Debate 16:00

Debate

Why doesn’t Harvard’s academic freedom extend to conservatives?

The university’s appeal to academic freedom comes across as contrived rather than principled.

Eric Kaufmann

Analysis 08:00

Analysis

Trump’s threat to walk away leaves Ukraine exposed

Anatol Lieven

Friday, April 18thFriday
Apr 18^th

Analysis 19:00

Analysis

analysis

Nasa should spend more on finding alien life

Professor Avi Loeb

Factcheck 16:00

Factcheck

Is Trump’s immigration clampdown working?

The President faces bureaucratic resistance, activist litigation, and political gamesmanship.

Ammon Blair

Online 13:00

Online

What Konstantin Kisin gets wrong about new media

Peter Franklin

Analysis 10:00

Analysis

China is capitalising on Nvidia turmoil

Philip Pilkington

Reaction 07:00

Reaction

reaction

Giorgia Meloni won’t save EU from Trump’s tariffs

Thomas Fazi

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MAGA

Laura Loomer is degrading politics Fools and flatterers run the White House

Kat Rosenfield

6 mins

Religion

Meet the Catholic conspirators Sedevacantists want to bring down the Church

Theo Zenou

11 mins

21 Apr

DEI

Left and Right get equality wrong College shouldn’t be the only route to success

Michael Lind

5 mins

21 Apr

Religion

Meet the Catholic conspirators Sedevacantists want to bring down the Church

Theo Zenou

11 mins

21 Apr

DEI

Left and Right get equality wrong College shouldn’t be the only route to success

Michael Lind

5 mins

21 Apr

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Peter Hague: Katy Perry is pointing us to the Moon

Putin’s military escalation shows Trump has no leverage

Arrested for praying: The free speech row

What’s behind Trump’s dovish turn on Iran?

Christian revival isn’t surprising in an age of public shaming

China’s LNG ban shows Trump’s tariffs are backfiring

Why doesn’t Harvard’s academic freedom extend to conservatives?

Trump’s threat to walk away leaves Ukraine exposed

Nasa should spend more on finding alien life

Is Trump’s immigration clampdown working?

What Konstantin Kisin gets wrong about new media

China is capitalising on Nvidia turmoil

Giorgia Meloni won’t save EU from Trump’s tariffs

Laura Loomer is degrading politics Fools and flatterers run the White House

Meet the Catholic conspirators Sedevacantists want to bring down the Church

Left and Right get equality wrong College shouldn’t be the only route to success

Meet the Catholic conspirators Sedevacantists want to bring down the Church

Left and Right get equality wrong College shouldn’t be the only route to success

Meet the Catholic conspirators Sedevacantists want to bring down the Church

Left and Right get equality wrong College shouldn’t be the only route to success

From the UK edition

Farage shouldn’t take lessons from Liz Truss on the Blob

It’s not just BBLs — all cosmetic surgery ads should go

Labour’s early prisoner releases will fuel two-tier accusations

Is Reform UK coming for Holyrood?

Supreme Court’s ‘woman’ ruling is a blow to gender ideology

EU’s new deportation plan is delusional

Is coal the answer to Britain’s industrial crisis?

Tory-Reform pact would dent Farage’s appeal

UK Government is still in denial about two-tier policing

Labour’s embrace of women’s rights is too little, too late

Happy Easter, losers Christianity is not about success

How China stole snooker

Can America tame Iran?

Britain’s petrolheads are back

Watch & listen

Politics

China’s LNG ban shows Trump’s tariffs are backfiring

Farage shouldn’t take lessons from Liz Truss on the Blob

Is Trump’s immigration clampdown working?

Left and Right get equality wrong

Laura Loomer is degrading politics

Democrats’ deportation outrage is convenient, not consistent

Sam Altman’s new social network threatens Musk’s empire

Porn is normalising violent misogyny

Inside Tucker Carlson’s Ireland visit with Conor McGregor

Can Democrats exploit Trump’s tariff chaos?

Putin’s military escalation shows Trump has no leverage

Will the Democrats embrace Joe Biden again?

Trump’s ‘Dirty Harry’ theory of justice People reject law when it fails the majority

Aptitude tests are making us stupid They encourage workplace conservatism

Frank Zappa: America’s last rebel The old music gods are cashing out

Trump: the Multipolar President?

These Times

The death of Progress Technology couldn’t destroy God

How YouTube forged the online Right Its polemicists radicalized a generation

Our Mission

Mario Vargas Llosa’s illiberal conversion He swapped Leftism for Pinochet

Harvard’s resistance to Trump is a model for US universities

JD Vance: I use Twitter to escape the bubble

Is coal the answer to Britain’s industrial crisis?

Tory-Reform pact would dent Farage’s appeal

SNL breaks the trans taboo

Biden paved the way for Trump’s embrace of Bukele

Meta antitrust trial is a litmus test for the MAGA coalition

UK Government is still in denial about two-tier policing

Surrendering free will is the real AI threat

Labour’s embrace of women’s rights is too little, too late

Astrology’s predictable popularity We want to be told how to live our lives

The folly of a British Silicon Valley Starmerism is suffocating its progress

How the BBC killed HARDtalk

Stephen Sackur

The grooming gang scandal isn’t over Labor is looking the other way

Europe is clinging to yesterday Donald Trump will bring down the coalition of centrists

Culture

What Konstantin Kisin gets wrong about new media

SNL breaks the trans taboo

Bill Maher shows liberals how to deal with Trump

Mario Vargas Llosa’s illiberal conversion

Spare us another Pride and Prejudice remake