Meridian Hill Park, before and after. Credit: X

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Making Washington DC beautiful shouldn’t be political Trump has brought Meridian Hill Park back to life

Nicholas Boys Smith

UK’s easing of Russian oil sanctions was unavoidable The Iran war has limited our market options

Wednesday, May 20

Sally Rooney has been a vocal critic of Israel in the past. Credit: Getty

Pro-Palestine activists turn on Sally Rooney

The cost of loyalty. Credit: John Cornyn/X

Trump’s betrayal of John Cornyn may haunt the GOP

Germany’s centrists are driving the rise of the AfD The party is growing as its rivals refuse to budge on immigration

Married at First Sight scandal should be the end of reality TV Staging domestic abuse as primetime entertainment is grotesque

Mary Harrington

Tuesday, May 19

The Old Man and the Sea — colourised. Credit: Getty

Decline of ‘dad books’ is a crisis of cultural inheritance

Are smartphones really to blame for declining birth rates? A viral graph paints a misleading picture of the data

Deborah Cohen and Peter Tennant

Is the future of American progressivism in safe hands? Credit: Getty

AOC is no Bernie Sanders

Michael Baharaeen

Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall sale harms the monarchy Royals should be careful not to lean too heavily into activism

Jordan Bardella eases Europe’s fears about the French Right The RN wants friendly relations with Brussels

Francois Valentin

Monday, May 18

Matt Walsh is promoting junk Civil Rights history The Daily Wire is trying too hard to cling on to its audience

Aipac may defeat Thomas Massie, but it has lost GOP war Kentucky’s seven-term Congressman has driven criticism of the pro-Israel lobby group

First US detransition clinic risks becoming a political tool Trump’s support could damage bipartisan cooperation

Lisa Selin Davis

Sandra Hüller has suggested that she feels guilt about being German every day due to her country's past. Credit: Getty

Sandra Hüller is wrong about German guilt

Labour cannot escape Britain’s debt spiral The party has a knack for making economic promises it can’t fulfill

Sunday, May 17

Modern cruises have stripped travel of its adventure Virus outbreaks are turning these floating cities into giant petri dishes

Richard Crampton-Platt

‘We shall never surrender.’ Credit: Getty

Unite the Kingdom marks dawn of Right-wing Omnicause

Saturday, May 16

Trump’s Poland troop withdrawal will benefit Europe Leaders on the continent are finally realizing America is not their friend

Confessions of a Starmtrooper The PM’s successor will surely be worse

Samuel Rubinstein

‘There are many instances of concerns around racial disparities leading to unintended but tragic outcomes.’ Credit: Getty

Antiracism is poisoning British policing

BBC is full of ‘progressive madness’, says former news chief Fran Unsworth claimed the corporation pressured journalists to accept trans narratives

Friday, May 15

Iran war is eroding American power in Asia Beijing is exploiting the global economic disruption caused by the conflict

Nigel Farage is accumulating a large war chest for then next general election. Credit: Getty

Is Reform UK now the party of billionaires?

Giggle v. Tickle ruling will galvanize Australia’s sex-realists Politicians’ willful blindness has created a legal muddle around gender

Josephine Bartosch

Best position? Left back in the changing room. Credit: Getty

British politics is turning into the Premier League

Jonathan Wilson

Thursday, May 14

Trump is falling into Xi’s trap on China visit Stability at the expense of Taiwan’s security is meaningless

Luke de Pulford

Birmingham City University to close Black Studies course Only eight students enrolled this year

Banning Unite the Kingdom speakers harms free speech Labour is barring allies of Tommy Robinson on dubious grounds

Jacob Mchangama

Greggs: the true ambassador of British enterprise A working-class bakery now stands as an unlikely emblem of UK commerce overseas

Can he save Labour from itself? Credit: Getty

Why the Labour Left fears Wes Streeting

Wednesday, May 13

Do California Democrats have a CCP problem? Arcadia’s mayor has been exposed as an agent of Beijing