JULY 29. 2025

The revenge of Alice Cooper

As Ozzy Osbourne bows out, rock’s other shock legend returns to his roots – and reminds us who did it first

The parallel geography of violence in Mexico

In Sinaloa, the threat of death and chaos hangs in the air as the brutal cartel war shows little sign of abating

Arvo Pärt’s angel music

The most-performed living composer celebrates his 90th birthday

Welcome to the future of dating

A whole new wave of apps offers a whole new world of opportunity

Farage’s firestarter politics

A year after riots swept Britain, Reform’s leader and his supporters are warning of future unrest unless their policies are followed. The message is a threat wrapped in respectability

Gore Vidal, the man who lived for verbal jousting

An unashamed member of the educated liberal elite, he parlayed his wit and access into a career of TV interviews and debates

Letter of the week: Why Starmer must be tougher with the media

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

Mussolini’s secret bunker

Beneath the peak of Monte Soratte near Rome is a vast, eerie tunnel complex – an underground graveyard of the German troops who died there

Grand designs: Britain’s forgotten housing revolution

Social housing in the UK has a reputation for drabness. Other countries have done it far better – it’s time to learn from the ones who got it right

Why we need to be more chill about language change

It appears that our vocabulary is entrained with the Zeitgeist, whether we like it or not

Alastair Campbell’s diary: My date with Ghislaine Maxwell

If you had said to me then she might end up attached to a powerful man, able to build and exploit connections wherever he found them, I could well have seen how it may happen

Trump’s own Afghan scandal

The country’s ‘Freedom Pilots’ flew alongside American colleagues before being given refuge in the US when the Taliban returned. Now the MAGA regime wants to send them home – to what fate?

Nerd’s Eye View: 12 things you need to know about the Strait of Hormuz

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

Meet Claude, the $14bn AI that thinks it wears a tie

Artificial intelligence makes more and more of our decisions. But two examples show it remains untrustworthy – and sometimes downright bizarre

Trump Prepares to Revoke Lifesaving Abortion Care for Veterans

A pending VA rule appears designed to strip crucial health care from hundreds of thousands of veterans in states with abortion bans.

As Gaza Starves, Republicans Take Aim at Another Lifeline. Almost No One Noticed.

As Gaza starves, Republicans take aim at UNRWA, a potential lifeline. Almost no one noticed.

The EU was right to let Trump start a trade war with himself

The president thinks tariffs make America stronger. The EU knows better - and walked away from a fight not worth having

State Dept: Trump’s “Third Countries” for Immigrants Have Awful Human Rights Records

The White House search for partners in its global gulag has grown to 64 nations. Most of them are notorious violators of human rights.

Enemies of progress

Delayed, underfunded, and undermined, this year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations has exposed not just neglect but active sabotage from CAF and national federations.

A legal tipping point on climate

The new normal – the legal obligation to act on climate.