Reform UK
The man Britain cannot ignore
Nigel Farage’s return means a new, more volatile era in British politics
International
Why the Trump-shock is now going subsea
An executive order will unleash a global oceanbed mining boom
Culture
The Vietnam war made American culture bolder and more varied
The conflict, which ended 50 years ago, precipitated new styles of music and film
Finance & economics
What price cool? $31 a month, according to students
The value of having the right text-message bubbles
The world in brief
Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine are “very close to a deal”, hours after Steve Witkoff, America’s envoy to Russia, met Vladimir Putin in Moscow...
Kash Patel, America’s FBI director, said in a social-media post that the agency arrested a county judge in Wisconsin...
China said that some American imports would be exempt from its 125% tariffs, and asked businesses to submit lists of essential American goods...
Spotify will reportedly raise subscription prices this summer across Europe and Latin America, but not in America...
1843 magazine | The warlords of Syria have a daunting to-do list
Ousting Assad may turn out to have been easier than rebuilding the country
Free exchange: Trump’s sovereign-wealth fund won’t make America richer
It will just make the country riskier
Economists don’t know what’s going on
Blame crumbling statistical offices
Well informed: Can at-home brain stimulators make you feel better?
For now, the evidence for neuromodulation products is slim
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The Intelligence
Mark Carney is likely to win Canada’s Trump-dominated election
Tracking the presidency
How is America’s economy faring under Donald Trump?
Canadian poll tracker
Ahead of elections later this month, the Liberals are surging
Canada
How a tetchy central banker became “Captain Canada”
MAGA bombast has upended Canada’s political universe and given Mark Carney’s Liberals an edge
How Canada went from preachy to pragmatic
On the eve of an election, its political transformation is stunning
Poll tracker
Canada’s Liberals are surging
Justin Trudeau’s resignation and Donald Trump’s tariffs gave them a boost
To see off the Trump challenge, Canada must fix its productivity problem, says Michael Ignatieff
The former Liberal leader on the threats that come not from Washington but from within
Donald Trump v America’s universities
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Edition: April 26th 2025
Trump’s first 100 days, and beyond
Trump: only 1,361 days to go
Donald Trump’s second term is a revolutionary project. Will it succeed?
Don’t mess with the Fed
Jerome Powell wins a reprieve. But expect more showdowns between the White House and the Fed
Africa’s unstoppable diaspora
Emigration from Africa will change the world
When AIs break the rules
AI models can learn to conceal information from their users
Technology Quarterly: March 1st 2025
The age of CRISPR
Ida Emilie Steinmark explores whether it can deliver on its promise
- Can gene editing deliver on its promise?
- CRISPR could yet save millions of lives. Here’s how
- Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing
- Gene editing is already revolutionising research in the laboratory
- Eat your GE-greens
- Editing pigs, mice and mosquitoes may save lives
- Designing babies
- Gene editing can still change the world
- Acknowledgments
