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🗞️ Our latest issue is now on sale - 2026: year of the great reckoning Featuring Paul Morley, Matthew d'Ancona,
@johnkampfner.bsky.social
, Paola Totaro,
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
,
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
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The Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper accused the New York mayor of hypocrisy after choosing a subway station built by a private firm ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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The Washington Post loses it over Mamdani's inauguration location
The Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper accused the New York mayor of hypocrisy after choosing a subway station built by a private firm
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-the-washington-post-loses-it-over-mamdanis-inauguration-location/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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The November 2026 Grand Theft Auto launch is set to warp the economics of the entertainment industry like little else before it ✏️ Matt Muir
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Grand Theft Auto VI: the biggest game in history
The release of GTA6 has been delayed again. It’s not surprising the developers want to get it right – it might just create a whole new online universe
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-muir-grand-theft-auto-the-biggest-game-in-history/?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social
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To win power, populist leaders focus on immigration and crime; once in power, they indulge hugely in corruption, because part of the motivation to get political power is access to economic power; and central to governing is performative cruelty ✏️
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: How we must fight the 3Cs in 2026
Crime, corruption and cruelty show how leaders like Trump and Bukele exploit power, and why they must be stopped
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/alastair-campbells-diary-how-we-must-fight-the-3cs-in-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Read what political editor @jamesball.com thinks might happen in UK politics throughout 2026 🗓️
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The May elections will be Starmer’s cliffhanger moment
The coming year will be full of intrigue, but the aftermath of the local elections will be the moment Labour rebels will try to oust the PM. Who can replace him?
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-the-may-elections-will-be-starmers-cliffhanger-moment/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
about 9 hours ago
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While Britain struggles to open new factories, Beijing is looking to a future of flying cars. How can Europe emulate what its rival intends, and do it better? ✏️
@paulmason.bsky.social
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How China plans to eat the west
While Britain struggles to open new factories, Beijing is looking to a future of flying cars. How can Europe emulate what its rival intends, and do it better?
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/paul-mason-how-china-plans-to-eat-the-west/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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The far right hoodlum appears to have instructed his followers to post negative reviews online of a pub which turfed him out ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Tommy Robinson's army of pub reviewers
The far right hoodlum appears to have instructed his followers to post negative reviews online of a pub which turfed him out
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-tommy-robinsons-army-of-pub-reviewers/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Female voices are set to dominate the arts world in 2026 ✏️ Florence Hallett
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Women in the frame: the art to see in the next 12 months
Female voices are set to dominate the arts world in 2026
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/florence-hallett-women-in-the-frame/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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In the coming 12 months, one thing is for certain – the American war on science will only get worse ✏️ Philip Ball
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2026: the year of the American basketcase
In the coming 12 months, one thing is for certain – the American war on science will only get worse
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-2026-the-year-of-the-american-basketcase/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Nothing has been quite the same in the decade since he made his final transformation. Except, that is, our appreciation of his genius ✏️ Paul Morley
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Ten years later, David Bowie is still everywhere
Nothing has been quite the same in the decade since he made his final transformation. Except, that is, our appreciation of his genius
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/paul-morley-ten-years-later-david-bowie-is-still-everywhere/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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🗞️ Our latest issue is now on sale - 2026: year of the great reckoning Featuring Paul Morley, Matthew d'Ancona,
@johnkampfner.bsky.social
, Paola Totaro,
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
,
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
,
@jamesrball.com
and more Get 10 weeks for £10:
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The coming year will be full of intrigue, but the aftermath of the local elections will be the moment Labour rebels will try to oust the PM. Who can replace him? ✏️
@jamesrball.com
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The May elections will be Starmer’s cliffhanger moment
The coming year will be full of intrigue, but the aftermath of the local elections will be the moment Labour rebels will try to oust the PM. Who can replace him?
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-the-may-elections-will-be-starmers-cliffhanger-moment/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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The former prime minister was once a strong supporter of the jailed Egyptian democracy activist ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Liz Truss changes her tune on Abdel Fattah
The former prime minister was once a strong supporter of the jailed Egyptian democracy activist
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-liz-truss-changes-her-tune-on-abdel-fattah/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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She may be a global superstar, but in her homecoming to Cali, it was Grupo Niche and the city’s centuries-old salsa culture that stole the show ✏️
@harrietbarber.bsky.social
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When Shakira played second fiddle
She may be a global superstar, but in her homecoming to Cali, it was Grupo Niche and the city’s centuries-old salsa culture that stole the show
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/harriet-barber-when-shakira-played-second-fiddle/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Britain's botched departure from the European Union is to join a litany of flops including the Titanic, Sinclair C5 and The Body Shop ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Brexit on display at the Museum of Failure
Britain's botched departure from the European Union is to join a litany of flops including the Titanic, Sinclair C5 and The Body Shop
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-brexit-on-display-at-the-museum-of-failure/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Zohran Mamdani didn’t just win an election – his and Rama Duwaji’s story mirrors the city they now represent ✏️ Ivan L Nagy
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The first couple of New York City
Zohran Mamdani didn’t just win an election – his and Rama Duwaji’s story mirrors the city they now represent
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/ivan-nagy-the-first-couple-of-new-york-city/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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If 2026 is to improve on 2025, the UK must start behaving like a serious country at long last ✏️ Patience Wheatcroft
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A new year’s resolution to keep: get rid of Brexit
If 2026 is to improve on 2025, the UK must start behaving like a serious country at long last
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/patience-wheatcroft-a-new-years-resolution-to-keep-get-rid-of-brexit/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Crime, corruption and cruelty show how leaders like Trump and Bukele exploit power, and why they must be stopped ✏️
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: How we must fight the 3Cs in 2026
Crime, corruption and cruelty show how leaders like Trump and Bukele exploit power, and why they must be stopped
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/alastair-campbells-diary-how-we-must-fight-the-3cs-in-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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As his poll ratings tank ahead of November’s midterms, splits are emerging in his MAGA movement. Can the Democrats unite and capitalise? ✏️ Matthew d'Ancona
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The beginning of the end for Donald Trump?
As his poll ratings tank ahead of November’s midterms, splits are emerging in his MAGA movement. Can the Democrats unite and capitalise?
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/matthew-dancona-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-donald-trump/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Perhaps Charles Amos would do better to stick to the far less controversial hobby horse of incest! ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Pro-incest Tory takes on scourge of... lollipop ladies
Charles Amos, a young Conservative who wants incest made legal, is calling on the party to scrap the beloved crossing helpers
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-pro-incest-tory-takes-on-scourge-of-lollipop-ladies/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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AI’s inescapable thirst for energy looms over the deal like a dirty black cloud – forcing the government to bet on two risky technologies ✏️ Natasha Lomas
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The power politics of AI
Labour's gamble believes that AI will steer everything in future. The risk of being left behind is too existential not to gamble
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/natasha-lomas-the-power-politics-of-ai/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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MAGA Catholicism believes in minimal government interference in the economy and maximum state control over women’s bodies – and yet the public appetite for this is negligible ✏️ Andrew Brown
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The pope vs MAGA
A hard core of American Catholic ultra-conservatives look at the White House and like what they see. The new man in the Vatican takes a different view
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/andrew-brown-the-pope-vs-maga/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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The actor, activist and icon didn't care what anyone thought of her. That was both her greatest strength and her fatal flaw ✏️ John Bleasdale
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The trouble with Brigitte Bardot
The actor, activist and icon didn't care what anyone thought of her. That was both her greatest strength and her fatal flaw
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasdale-the-trouble-with-brigitte-bardot/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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The paper is targeting the very trade deal it once championed loudly ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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The stunning hypocrisy of the Telegraph's beef with Australia
The paper is targeting the very trade deal it once championed loudly
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-the-stunning-hypocrisy-of-the-telegraphs-beef-with-australia/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Yes his tweets were disgusting, possibly criminal, yet it should not be possible for politicians to revoke someone’s national identity just because they dislike their views ✏️
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Calls to remove el-Fattah’s UK citizenship are dictatorial
Yes his tweets were disgusting, possibly criminal, yet it should not be possible for politicians to revoke someone’s national identity just because they dislike their views
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-calls-to-remove-el-fattahs-uk-citizenship-are-dictatorial/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Will Trump put the world into crisis mode? ✏️ Andy Owen
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2026 will be the year of Trump, war and chaos
As America retreats from the world into its own sphere of influence, the resulting vacuum will bring more confrontation, uncertainty and disorder. And in almost all cases, Trump won’t care
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/andy-owen-2026-will-be-the-year-of-trump-war-and-chaos/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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A Fox News commentator has a curious reason why the presenter's approval figures are in the doldrums ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Donald Trump's problem? He's just too good at his job
A Fox News commentator has a curious reason why the presenter's approval figures are in the doldrums
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-donald-trumps-problem-hes-just-too-good-at-his-job/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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The dictator’s threats and dirty tricks go unanswered and unpunished. We can’t keep rolling over like this ✏️
@lukemcgee.bsky.social
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Putin is out to destroy the UK and Europe. If we don’t accept that, we’re doomed
The dictator’s threats and dirty tricks go unanswered and unpunished. We can’t keep rolling over like this
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/luke-mcgee-putin-is-out-to-destroy-the-uk-and-europe-if-we-dont-accept-that-were-doomed/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Leavitt really has an audience of only one: Donald Trump. If the president suddenly decides he isn’t happy with her performance, he won’t hesitate to throw her under the bus ✏️ Nicky Woolf
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Karoline Leavitt, the queen of gaslighting
A belligerent and terrifyingly effective liar, Leavitt isn’t just Trump’s press secretary – she’s the very embodiment of his media strategy. But signs of strain are beginning to show...
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/nicky-woolf-karoline-leavitt-the-queen-of-gaslight/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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There are at least 200 million people around the world who talk to, gossip, joke and even fall in love with a new breed of machine: the AI companion ✏️ Harry Wallop
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How to make friends with AI
Some AI programmes will tell you to back off, while others are more welcoming. But when it comes down to it, chatbots offer all the human warmth of the speaking clock
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/harry-wallophow-to-make-friends-with-ai/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
4 days ago
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From Odyssey to Wuthering Heights, our editor-at-large Matthew d'Ancona reveals what he is most excited for in 2026 📺
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Matthew d'Ancona's culture: A euphoric Odyssey through 2026
Zendaya and Nolan return, Blade Runner expands and Peaky Blinders concludes. What our editor-at-large is most looking forward to in 2026
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/matthew-danconas-culture-a-euphoric-odyssey-through-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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No parties will accompany the 10-year anniversary of the EU referendum - but better times could lie ahead ✏️ Jonty Bloom
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Next June 23, how will you mark Brexit’s decade of decay?
No parties will accompany the 10-year anniversary of the EU referendum - but better times could lie ahead
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/jonty-bloom-next-june-23-how-will-you-mark-brexits-decade-of-decay/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Charles Amos, a young Conservative who wants incest made legal, is calling on the party to scrap the beloved crossing helpers ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Pro-incest Tory takes on scourge of... lollipop ladies
Charles Amos, a young Conservative who wants incest made legal, is calling on the party to scrap the beloved crossing helpers
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-pro-incest-tory-takes-on-scourge-of-lollipop-ladies/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Here are some suggestions for Starmer, Badenoch and Farage, which might help them – and us – to have a happier 2026 ✏️ Marie Le Conte 🔗
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Don't miss a year in pictures 📷 Flick through 👇
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The year in pictures
A turbulent 2025 unfolded in striking contrasts – from apocalyptic climate disasters and surging global protests to the ever-present threat of war
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/the-year-in-pictures/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Critics of Trump’s America, and above all of Trump himself, need to be aware that any such criticism past or present makes them unwelcome aliens ✏️
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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Alastair Campbell’s diary: American civilisation is at risk – but I’m still going
If they check my social media posts at the border, I might well be on the first plane back, which tells you Trump’s talk about free speech is nothing but a sham
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/alastair-campbells-diary-american-civilisation-is-at-risk-but-im-still-going/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Millions of children around the world use the platform for games. But the evidence is beginning to reveal a much darker side to Roblox ✏️ Matt Muir
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The great Roblox panic
Millions of children around the world use the platform for games. But the evidence is beginning to reveal a much darker side to Roblox
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-muir-the-great-roblox-panic/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Chris Parry, standing to be mayor of Hampshire and the Solent, seems to be preoccupied with pork ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Non-Christians must eat bacon for a month, says Reform candidate
Chris Parry, standing to be mayor of Hampshire and the Solent, seems to be preoccupied with pork
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-non-christians-must-eat-bacon-for-a-month-says-reform-candidate/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Any US intervention will need to be clearly in the national interest. This will include threats against supply chains, specifically for minerals and rare earths – those threats will escalate in 2026 ✏️ Andy Owen
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2026 will be the year of Trump, war and chaos
As America retreats from the world into its own sphere of influence, the resulting vacuum will bring more confrontation, uncertainty and disorder. And in almost all cases, Trump won’t care
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/andy-owen-2026-will-be-the-year-of-trump-war-and-chaos/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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The Holy City was extracting money from tourists even when Mark Twain visited in 1867 ✏️
@rashmee.bsky.social
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Exit Bethlehem via the gift shop
The Holy City was extracting money from tourists even when Mark Twain visited in 1867
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rashmee-roshan-lall-exit-bethlehem-via-the-gift-shop/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Labour's gamble believes that AI will steer everything in future. The risk of being left behind is too existential not to gamble ✏️ Natasha Lomas 🔗
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Flags waved, Trump ranted and raved, an ex-royal was depraved and the PM looked like he couldn’t be saved. It’s been one hell of a year ✏️@mrhenrymorris.substack.com
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Twelve angry months
Flags waved, Trump ranted and raved, an ex-royal was depraved and the PM looked like he couldn’t be saved. It’s been one hell of a year
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/henry-morris-twelve-angry-months/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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If you really want to understand this country and who we are, you need to come here in December ✏️ Elna Schütz
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The whole of South Africa is currently shut down
If you really want to understand this country and who we are, you need to come here in December
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/elna-schutz-the-whole-of-south-africa-is-currently-shut-down/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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More than half a million people have been forced from their homes and displaced since the RSF siege in El Fasher began in May ✏️ Paola Totaro
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A journey into Sudan’s forgotten war
Western leaders and diplomats have spent huge amounts of political capital on Gaza and Ukraine - but not on Sudan. Even now, the slaughter goes on, but where is the response?
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/a-journey-into-sudans-forgotten-war/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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A hard core of American Catholic ultra-conservatives look at the White House and like what they see ✏️ Andrew Brown
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The pope vs MAGA
A hard core of American Catholic ultra-conservatives look at the White House and like what they see. The new man in the Vatican takes a different view
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/andrew-brown-the-pope-vs-maga/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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The Golden Flake Tavern, Greggs’ new pub, brings colas (and beers) to Newcastle ✏️ Stephen Smith
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A pint of sausage rolls, please
The Golden Flake Tavern, Greggs’ new pub, brings colas (and beers) to Newcastle
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/stephen-smith-a-pint-of-sausage-rolls-please/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
7 days ago
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Wembley roared. Books wrecked us. TV got weird 🔥 Our writers pick the cultural moments that made 2025 unforgettable. Read the highlights 👇
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The New World’s cream of arts and culture in 2025
Our writers on their cultural highlights of the year
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/the-new-worlds-cream-of-arts-and-culture-in-2025/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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The white stuff in big movies isn’t real - sometimes it’s bleached cornflakes, sometimes fire extinguisher foam.. and it used to be asbestos ✏️ John Bleasdale
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The weird and dangerous history of Hollywood snow
The white stuff in big movies isn’t real - sometimes it’s bleached cornflakes, sometimes fire extinguisher foam.. and it used to be asbestos
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasdale-the-weird-and-dangerous-history-of-hollywood-snow/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
8 days ago
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A new advert has appeared on an East London street depicting the Reform leader and Russian despot ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Who's behind this billboard ad of Farage and Putin?
A new advert has appeared on an East London street depicting the Reform leader and Russian despot
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-whos-behind-this-billboard-ad-of-farage-and-putin/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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What happens if Donald goes the same way as his father – and what if he already has? ✏️ Nicky Woolf
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When Fred Trump lost his mind
What happens if Donald goes the same way as his father – and what if he already has?
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/nicky-woolf-when-fred-trump-lost-his-mind/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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2025 has been a wild ride, and in these ten articles, writers here at The New World confronted some of the most important questions of the year ✏️ Jay Elwes 🔗
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