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After Trumpism

The Spectator World

CONTRIBUTORS

FIFA’s own goal

DIARY

The rupture • The Iran war is likely to mark the end of Trumpism

Ode to a Housing Estate Blackbird

El Mencho’s last stand • How — and where — did the Mexican drug lord die?

The security surplus

Le squabble • Why America and France are always arguing

Exit strategy • Why women are walking away from the New Right

Winter’s First-born Snow

The endgame is nigh

Oh, Canada • Mark Carney’s capitulation to China spells trouble for his country

Battle stars • War is now waged in space

Doom loop • Disembodied brain cells are playing video games. What does that mean for humanity?

Mind blowing • How AI led a psychiatrist to a breakdown

Planet Orwell • Lessons from the man who shaped our worldview. By D.J. Taylor

Eyes wide open • After Epstein, we must view Kubrick’s cinematic swansong in a new light, says Alexander Larman

Local life

Country life

Palm life

Prejudices

Fast food • Easter, served two ways

Pit stop

Mission Europe • Inside Keir Starmer’s plan to get closer to the EU By Tim Shipman

‘We are already aligning’ • The Iran conflict is driving Britain closer to the EU

My Lego Life

The Miliband supremacy

THE SPECTATOR'S NOTES

Lest we forget • Those who believe in liberalism need to fight for it

ANCIENT AND MODERN • Poor thinking

Korea opportunities • Is Kim Jong-un lining up a female successor?

High note • My addiction to the piano

The elephant in the room

Why the silence on Iran’s gays?

Brag race • The art of left-wing boasting

Full of ecstasy and fire • Owen Matthews on one of history’s most extraordinary charlatans

Fun’s a serious business

Deft financial footwork

Age concern • What does greater longevity mean for us all, asks Simon Ings

Joy ride

Mob mentality

Harry Styles: Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally

No life

Real life

Madagascan moment • This island nation in the Indian Ocean offers peace — and lemurs — in abundance

Am I an extremist?

MICHAEL HEATH

America was founded on a spurious sob story

DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

Sneezing

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