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- Edition 88 – August 2026 – Cover + Contents
- Letters – August 2026
- Editorial – Take a Sad Song and Make It Better
- Peter Oborne's Diary – Pol Roger and Islamophobia
- On the Ground – Parting Gifts
- David Hencke: The Journalist Who Made Us All Better
- The News No Longer Exists
- On the Record – Good Old English Narrowboat Days
- That's True Too – Give Fossil Fuel Sponsorship the Red Card
- ‘When the Herd Moves’: Britain’s Pro-Farage Press Finally Turns Against Reform
- The Walls Close In On ‘Anti-Establishment’: Reform’s Crypto Donations and Aristocratic Fraudster
- Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned University Revealed
- Not the ‘New Normal’ Educating the Public on the Nature and Climate Crisis is a Step to Putting it Firmly on the Political Agenda
- A Letter to the Old Country on America’s 250th Birthday: We're a Mess, But Still Worth Fighting For
- A ‘Special’ Relationship, Indeed
- Trump is Not America, and America is More Than Trump
- The Casino Republic
- ‘There’s a Value in What We Produce Because We Feel – and an AI Chatbot Can’t Feel’
- Yes, Androids Do Dream of Electric Sheep
- Notes on Now – Canvassing in Makerfield
- Mandrake – Clubbing Together
- The Lure of the Politics of Passion
- Zeitgeisters – Mark Booth
- Puzzle Solutions – Edition 88
- The Upside Down – Citizen Ben
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Edition 88 – August 2026
In This Edition
In This EditionHighlights
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The News No Longer Exists
Twenty-four-hour news channels killed The News. They turned it from something to be compiled and considered into a constant stream of events. Nothing ever happens; now it is happening.
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Not the ‘New Normal’ Educating the Public on the Nature and Climate Crisis is a Step to Putting it Firmly on the Political Agenda
Professor Mike Berners-Lee, chair of the National Emergency Briefing, sets out the ‘civic moment’ he is trying to create as extreme weather events show no sign of slowing
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A ‘Special’ Relationship, Indeed
James Bloodworth explores whether Britain and the United States can ever mature their mutual fascination with each other into more than symbolic fantasy
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The Lure of the Politics of Passion
As Nigel Farage and Reform UK lash out under scrutiny, Jay Griffiths considers their year of riding on hatred
Investigations, Analysis, Reports and Columns
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Letters – August 2026
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Editorial – Take a Sad Song and Make It Better
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Peter Oborne’s Diary – Pol Roger and Islamophobia
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On the Ground – Parting Gifts
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David Hencke: The Journalist Who Made Us All Better
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On the Record – Good Old English Narrowboat Days
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That’s True Too – Give Fossil Fuel Sponsorship the Red Card
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‘When the Herd Moves’: Britain’s Pro-Farage Press Finally Turns Against Reform
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The Walls Close In On ‘Anti-Establishment’: Reform’s Crypto Donations and Aristocratic Fraudster
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Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned University Revealed
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A Letter to the Old Country on America’s 250th Birthday: We’re a Mess, But Still Worth Fighting For
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Trump is Not America, and America is More Than Trump
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The Casino Republic
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‘There’s a Value in What We Produce Because We Feel – and an AI Chatbot Can’t Feel’
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Yes, Androids Do Dream of Electric Sheep
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Notes on Now – Canvassing in Makerfield
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Mandrake – Clubbing Together
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Zeitgeisters – Mark Booth
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Puzzle Solutions – Edition 88
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The Upside Down – Citizen Ben