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JULY 22. 2025

Stephen Colbert and a series of unfortunate coincidences

The CBS presenter's departure comes days after he mocked a payout to Trump over a baseless libel claim

Telegraph offers up some food for thought

A columnist at the paper jumped to MasterChef's defence - neglecting to mention his own awkward cancellation

Does Nelson want more than a column?

The former Spectator editor's presence in the Times office is setting tongues wagging

JULY 21. 2025

How to beat Putin

Europe could save Ukraine and defeat a dictator by shutting down Russia’s shadow fleet and scaling up its own defence production. But will wary voters accept rising tension as the price of peace?

Now leave the Coldplay couple alone

Astronomer’s CEO and his head of HR have been shamed by the world. Does the punishment fit the crime?

A football shirt with a soul

Newport County’s new kit brings back memories of the days when Spanish civil war refugees were welcomed by the Welsh city

What a big scandal says about small Britain

The Afghan leak cover-up is symptomatic of a crumbling, outmoded state where self-preservation trumps honour

JULY 18. 2025

Matthew d’Ancona’s culture: Inter Alia is a remarkable production

Rosamund Pike delivers a quite astonishing performance as a Crown Court Judge wrestling with the legal system's shoddy handling of sexual assault cases

She was murdered, but couldn’t be silenced

Chechen human rights investigator Natalia Estemirova defied Russia - and was killed. Now her daughter is keeping her fight alive

Britain’s economy faces another 1920s-style meltdown

When the UK economy stalled back in the 1920s, it changed the shape of British politics. A century later, it might be happening again

We are becoming more European

A new report shows that Britain is aligning itself with more European rules and standards – but there are two exceptions

It was the best time in history to be Polish

And then along came a new, hard-right conservative president – a man with no answers to the country’s problems

The best film festival in Italy and no, it’s not Venice

No red carpets, no gaggles of reporters, no nonsense – just the chance to see all the great films you’ve missed

How the Epstein scandal broke MAGA

Trump’s supporters were promised revelations about a horrifying conspiracy. Instead, they’re getting denials and abuse from the president they helped elect