No Trump is not going to “chicken out” in Iran Instead of seeking an exit ramp, the president may intend to expand the war By John Arquilla

Euphoria needs to grow up, writes Catharine Hughes

Inside Ireland’s fuel protests Farmers, hauliers and small contractors have brought parts of the country to a standstill By Luke O’Reilly

Donald Trump is WEAK on Catholicism Despite Maga’s proud Catholicism, Trump’s Messiah complex is driving him into a Papal feud By Freddie Hayward

Hungary proves populism can be defeated, writes @philtinline.bsky.social

John Lanchester’s personal venom, by Zoe Guttenplan. The new novel offers a darkly funny vision of bitter London professionals.

Your Party goes extinct in Scotland All 12 members of the party’s interim Scottish executive have resigned By Megan Kenyon

The rise and rise of icky IVF ads, by Emma Haslett

In 2016, I spoke to veterans of Hungary's 1956 revolution for a BBC radio doc. They told me how student protesters plucked up courage, & began to shout "Ruszkik haza!" - "Russians go home!" Now Hungarians are shouting it again. @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

Does anybody have a new job for Philip Pilkington? The postliberal intellectuals of the Budapest scene face an uncertain future By George Spencer

Who will win the Welsh Senedd election? The New Statesman’s poll tracker and forecast model for the Senedd parliament elections By Ben Walker

Trump’s blockade is a desperate measure The president has declared a naval blockade against all shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, “effective immediately” By @katiestallard.bsky.social

Clavicular and the subtle art of being hot. Our culture has quantified beauty, and lost hotness along the way. By Arielle Domb

Sam Altman isn't another bullshit artist, writes Séamas O'Reilly

“There is a 50-50 chance Iran will detonate a nuclear weapon within the next three years” With the fragile US-Iran ceasefire under threat and JD Vance heading into high-stakes talks, Iranian officials believe they now hold the stronger cards By Katie Stallard

An English life in Vladimir Putin’s twilight zone Foreign correspondent Marc Bennetts spent 25 years living in Russia. What did he witness during its descent into authoritarianism? By Grigor Atanesian

Terry Eagleton: The curse of individualism

Who will win the Scottish Parliament election? The New Statesman’s poll tracker and forecast model for May’s Holyrood parliament elections By Ben Walker

Will AI kill tribute bands? By Biba Kang

Viktor Orbán’s moment of truth As he has built his international reputation as a conservative strongman, Orbán’s domestic enemies have gathered in strength By Ábel Bede

Inside the secretive London mansion that made Bonnie Blue, with Luke O'Reilly

Jan Morris’s defiant life The transgender travel writer was both temperamentally conservative and deeply unconventional By Lucy Hughes-Hallett

“How the World Declared War on America” In the wilderness of America, JG Ballard foresaw the gangster imperialism of Donald Trump By Mark Blacklock

Thank God, Keir Starmer has finally said it By @jonnelledge.bsky.social

Donald Trump gambled on Iran – so did I My Polymarket shame, by @georgemonaghan.bsky.social

We should have let Kanye play, by Josh Glancy

Michael Ignatieff: If Viktor Orbán loses, global Orbánism is over His defeat would be a turning point for Hungary – and a blow to the international hard-right By @MeganJGibson.bsky.social

Britain can’t afford to be middle class anymore As the country braces for a price shock, what it means to be poor is changing By @anooshc.bsky.social

Will the Birmingham bin strike ever end? More than a year since the conflict began, strikers are waiting on the picket line for resolution By Rhi Storer

Please, come in to my apartment. No, I don’t have any chairs The London housing market forces the urgent question: what if you ate that ricotta on the floor By Finn McRedmond

Kathleen Stock, born-again conservative The philosopher’s new book on assisted dying is part of a developing critique of moral libertarianism By Tom Whyman

After Iran, America may turn against Israel The real special relationship is unravelling By Freddie Hayward

Syria and Lebanon, forgotten victims of the Iran war The conflict could not have come at a worse time for either nation By David Miliband

Capping interest on student loans won’t help most graduates Ministers will no doubt spin this as a major intervention to help struggling young people By @rmcunliffe.bsky.social

The Iran energy fallout is here to stay It will take years for global markets to recover from the crisis By Rory Johnston

Patrick Radden Keefe's obituary for Britain, by Nicholas Harris

Donald Trump is done with Nato The alliance represents an international order that Trump wants to leave behind By Freddie Hayward

At the Cambridge and Oxford Boat Race, I watch England’s blazered elite float off down the river This England, with Finn McRedmond

How Trump’s ultimatum unravelled One hour before his deadline expired, Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, as both sides attempted to claim victory By Katie Stallard

The doctors’ strike is about more than money

Thatcherism is still the problem, by Ben Glover

Artemis, the Moon and the case for utopia Optimism about the future should not be a preserve of the past By Séamas O'Reilly

Why Trump keeps escalating in Iran The daring rescue of a stranded US airman in Iran has only emboldened the president By Katie Stallard

Has Reform UK discovered human rights? In order to secure its funding from overseas billionaires, the party seems to be embracing the ECHR By @philtinline.bsky.social

My mother’s love for words, by Margaret Drabble

Is Omaze too good to be true? The property giveaway is just another facet of Britain’s never ending housing crisis By Hollie Wright

The agonising death of liberal atheism Everyone “does God” now By Aiden Abott

Rupert Lowe wants to hurt Nigel Farage Restore Britain is running a handful of council candidates in Great Yarmouth – but it says this is “history in the making” By Ethan Croft

“War is peace” in Donald Trump’s America The President spent his Easter weekend preparing for his showdown with democracy By Lee Siegel

How Iran won the meme war, by Ella Dorn www.newstatesman.com/politi...