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JULY 1. 2025

Coffee, cake and fascism: welcome to Trump’s America

Far right nationalistic beliefs are now run-of-the-mill daily rhetoric in US public life

Everyday philosophy: What would Rousseau think of Bezos’s wedding?

If Rousseau is right, it’s not just Venice and Bezos that are sinking. We all are

The pride of Budapest

Using the LGBTQ+ community as a punchbag is an age-old trick for Orbán but this time, the prime minister miscalculated

The mystery of the so-called double-slit experiment

It seems that, in the quantum world, making a measurement doesn’t tell us how things are but actually determines how they are: it creates our observable reality

Can we replace capitalism?

American journalist John Cassidy explains why those who despise this unstable system seem doomed to failure

Louis Armstrong, the man who spread jazz’s gospel around the world

Very few people have ever been famous the way Armstrong was. He released music almost every year from 1923 to 1970, selling four million records

Rampant rabbit: the simple joy and complex roots of Dick Bruna’s Miffy

Miffy is Dick Bruna’s most famous creation, selling over 85 million books. But the beloved bunny is only a small part of the story

Matt Kelly’s picks of the week: Gaza, Glastonbury and understanding Giorgia Meloni

Our founder and editor-in-chief’s weekly highlights from the magazine

Is this the world’s best beach?

According to a recent ranking, Cala Goloritzé in Sardinia beat beach locations in Greece, the Seychelles, Mexico and the Maldives for the title

Anna-Eva Bergman and Hans Hartung, the inseparable quiet giants of the art world

Bergman and Hartung kept their art separate, but couldn’t stay apart in life

Nerd’s Eye View: 14 things you need to know about the Chagos Islands

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

Letter of the week: Farage has forced Britain into a post-truth world

Write to letters@thenewworld. co. uk to have your views voiced in the magazine

The silent threat of China

Beijing will have watched the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, and will have learned a dangerous lesson

What the hell do we do with Canary Wharf?

Finance companies have moved out and the empty buildings aren’t suitable for homes. Is a community-focused redevelopment the way forward?