JULY 1. 2025

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

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

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Alastair Campbell’s diary: After one year in office, here’s what Starmer needs to do now

After a tricky first year, the prime minister has built strong relationships with leaders of other counties. But now he must fix with one he has with his MPs

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

Dilettante: Why I’m rooting for Zohran Mamdani

A politician my age is actually being taken seriously, and potentially welcomed into a position of power

Ange Postecoglou: a moving family history

The Australian football manager's name tells of his family’s history of relocating

Watching Pussy Riot in the city that defied Putin

The protest band got an ecstatic welcome in Dresden, the city where a young Vladimir Putin was stationed as KGB officer

A bloody echo of Colombia’s past

The country’s new-found peace feels fragile once again after the attempted assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay

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

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

Giorgia Meloni: An idiot or political mastermind?

Her autobiography shows that the western queen of the far right is almost impossible to pin down

Standard hits upon groundbreaking idea – paying for newspapers

The struggling title is now back on sale in some London stores 16 years after going free

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

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

The silent threat of China

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

The car-crash cost of Farageonomics

The Reform Party has finally come up with some policies – and they would wreck the UK’s fragile economy

The deadly old men who rule half the world

In a draining digital age of new problems and new tech, the planet’s most powerful leaders are all in their 70s – and increasingly at war with reality

The Whiff of Corruption: Trump’s New Perfume Has Strong Notes of Graft

Trump’s wealth grew by over $1 billion in the past year, but the White House insists he isn’t profiting off of the presidency.

Senate Passes Trump’s Big, Beautiful Boon for Police

The Senate GOP passed its “megabill” on Tuesday — handing police billions in grants to fuel Trump’s deportation regime and tax write-offs.