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THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – JUNE 19, 2026
THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The Race’ by Will Lloyd…
Whose national character is it anyway?
The zeitgeist is hard to diagnose – but it has a powerful historical force. By Tom McTague
Elon Musk is the bastard heir of liberal capitalism
The richest man in history spends his days talking about racial grievances. By Oli Dugmore
A modern Canterbury tale
What has become of Chaucer’s pilgrimage? By George Monaghan
THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY —- JUNE 19, 2026 PREVIEW
Claudia Sheinbaum must be doing something right. With a consistent approval rating of around 70% since becoming Mexico’s president in 2024, the former climate scientist – and protege of her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador – is the world’s most popular leftwing leader. She is also the first female leader of one of Latin America’s most macho countries.
Yet despite her soaring popularity, driven in part by major universal healthcare reforms, there is a curious tension between Sheinbaum’s disciplined, scientific approach to governing and the messy, often violent politics of modern Mexico. Her handling of the country’s ongoing crisis of disappearances, the continuing influence of organised crime and the rising presence of the army in national life are all issues she has faced criticism over.
The big story | Counting the cost of the war on Iran
With a peace deal expected to be signed later this week, Oliver Holmes examines the human, economic and environmental toll of a conflict that appears to have achieved nothing
Science | How the loss of wild bees impacts human health
Crops and flowers rely on them for survival, but wild bees are declining – and crucial nutrients will go missing from our diets as a result. Gloria Dickie reports
Feature | How personal taste fell out of fashion
Our favourite music, clothes and books used to be markers of individuality – but algorithms have made us all sheep. Rachel Aroesti meets the style rebels fighting back
Opinion | If Kyiv has really got Putin on the run, he won’t accept peace meekly
Don’t expect the Russian president to pursue peace, says Simon Tisdall – instead, he could continue to expand the war beyond Ukraine’s borders, with dire risks for us all
Culture | The revolutionary art of David Hockney
Guardian critic Jonathan Jones pays tribute to the artist whose work was a feast of visual pleasures
THE NEW YORK TIMES – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2026
After G7 Leaders Praise U.S.-Iran Deal, Trump Threatens Iran Again
President Trump said the United States would resume bombing Iran if he did not like the preliminary agreement, hours after leaders from the Group of 7 nations called the deal a “breakthrough.”
Trump Delays Intelligence Nomination to Push Congress on Voting Bill
President Trump said that he would seek to delay the confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton, as he renewed pressure on Congress to pass a voting restrictions bill.
Their Country Revoked Their Citizenship, Then Tried to Expel Them to Iran
Amid the war with Iran, Bahrain has stripped 69 people of their citizenship, including children, accusing them of disloyalty and rendering them stateless.
Sending Fuel Trucks Up in Flames, Ukraine Tries to Cut Off Crimea
Scores of targeted attacks against supply routes, part of what Kyiv calls a “logistics lockdown,” has caused gasoline shortages.
THE SPECTATOR WORLD MAGAZINE – JUNE 22, 2026
THE SPECTATOR WORLD: The latest issue features ‘Palantir Derangement Syndrome’ – How one company is blamed for everything.
Trump has betrayed voters on inflation
“I love inflation,” said Donald Trump earlier this month, when asked about the latest increase in the Consumer Prices Index to an annualized 4.2 percent. But the power of the President’s positive thinking cannot overwhelm the enormous threat that rising prices pose to his legacy. The new figure is more than an inconvenience or a technicality. It could bring about a sharp change in the political order. Rising costs will likely prove to be Trump’s undoing and present the Democrats with a free hit for November’s midterms and beyond. There was one reason above all others why Trump returned to the White House in 2024: high inflation during the Biden years. His 2016 slogan, “Make America Great Again,” morphed into “Make America Affordable Again.
How Paula White-Cain guides Trump through evangelical America
“I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven,” Donald Trump told a group of journalists aboard Air Force One in October. “I think I’m not, maybe, heaven-bound.” “My phone started blowing up,” says Paula White-Cain, Trump’s senior advisor to the White House Faith…
The rise of Palantir Derangement Syndrome
A late spring outbreak of righteous indignation is affecting the United Kingdom. It’s yet another variant of Palantir Derangement Syndrome. Virologists tracked this smug neurosis as it jumped across the Atlantic from the American left to British Labour. Symptoms include selective blindness, performative anguish, a hilarious inability to grasp the facts and Tourette’s-level
COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE – JUNE 17, 2026 PREVIEW
Everything, everywhere, all at once
Irises have inspired great artists from Vincent van Gogh to Sir Cedric Morris. Michael Prodger examines the flower’s allure
Green with envy
Why not take a leaf out of Tom Parker Bowles’s book and sample the very best salad flavours from around the world?
Pier into the future
Our seaside piers are the great survivors of the Victorian age and many are thriving in the 21st century, reveals Jonathan Lee
Arts & antiques
It is 500 years since artist Hans Holbein arrived on these shores, yet we remain captivated by his portraits, finds Carla Passino
Louise Farina’s favourite painting
The perfumer senses the zest of an Italian spring morning in a still life celebrating citrus fruit
Country-house treasure
John Goodall sees High Church spirit in a handwritten Bible at Treberfydd House in Brecon
History and fantasy
In the second of two articles, John Goodall delves into the fable-meets-fact history of Warwick Castle, Warwickshire
The legacy
Octavia Pollock adds a dash of colour to the illustrious history of Winsor & Newton, supplier to the stars of the art world
The importance of being Ernst
Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen, head of the Courtauld Gallery, is optimistic about the future of the Arts, as he tells Carla Passino
Winging it
A beauty or a beast? Mark Cocker investigates how the exotic pheasant splits opinion
Luxury
Jonathan Self explores the royal enthusiasm for amethyst and Amie Elizabeth White weaves in some summer essentials
Interiors
An open-plan makeover wows Arabella Youens, plus perfect pitchers with Amelia Thorpe
Simply perfect
A 20-year revival of the Arts-and-Crafts garden at Fonthill House in Wiltshire catches the eye of Christopher Stocks
Travel
Sophia Money-Coutts savours all the fun of Florida on a trip to the party town of Palm Beach
A new sense of purpose
Robin Hereford is calling for a revival in the fortunes of brown furniture — pieces with style and sustainability on their side
A wrinkle in time
A new generation of American collectors is being charmed by exquisite English antique furniture, discovers Patrick Monahan
Cooking up a storm
Michael Billington is blown away by the RSC’s Tempest starring Sir Kenneth Branagh, but High Society delights without dazzling
THE NEW YORK TIMES – TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2026
The War in Iran Has Permanently Altered the Global Economy
Despite a framework deal setting the stage for an end to hostilities between the U.S. and Iran, the war has set in motion changes that will be hard to reverse.
Iran Will Enter Nuclear Talks Feeling Emboldened
Talks on Final Agreement Will Begin Friday, Tehran Says
Iran’s foreign minister said that negotiations would start immediately after the country’s preliminary deal with the U.S. is signed.
G7 Greets Trump’s News With Smiles and Zelensky With Hugs
How Ukraine Uses A.I. to Knock Deadly Russian Drones Out of the Skies
Interceptors show Ukraine’s embrace of autonomous technologies trained on immense troves of wartime data.
Ukraine Targets Moscow Oil Facility With Drones
FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE – SUMMER 2026 PREVIEW
FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘the End of…The U.S.-Israel alliance…Neo liberalism…Trans-Atlanticism…Climate Politics…The United Nations…Asylum…Political parties…Chinese growth…Morality…The future….
Where Neoliberalism Went Wrong
The U.S.-Israel Alliance Isn’t Special Anymore
Is Trans-Atlanticism Really Done? 
How China’s Rise Upended Climate Politics
Why an Obituary for the U.N. Is Premature
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – JUNE 22, 2026 PREVIEW
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features ‘Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet’s “After the Comeback” – New Yorkers unite in hope.
Why Todd Blanche Should Not Be Attorney General
In a Senate that took its constitutional role seriously, Blanche would not win confirmation a second time. By Ruth Marcus
Ken Griffin’s Billions and Billions
The hedge-fund titan is an unabashed big spender—from pièds-a-terre to politics. By Gary Sernovitz
Inside the Ludicrous, Deadly Serious Plan to Take Over Greenland
“We want Greenland,” Trump said. Four men sprang into action to make fantasy a reality. By Ben Taub
When Did White-Collar Work Start to Look So Bleak?
In the nineteen-eighties, an office job promised security and fulfillment. For graduates starting careers today, the prospect is often tinged with dread. By Molly Fischer
THE NEW YORK TIMES – MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2026
U.S.-Iran Framework Brings Relief, but Challenges Loom
The United States and Iran reached a preliminary deal that was expected to open the Strait of Hormuz. But it defers the toughest issues to further talks.
Trump Says Strait of Hormuz Will Be ‘Permanently Toll-Free’ Under Agreement
Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right
Secret memos show that the White House debated, to a greater degree than previously known, whether to limit habeas corpus rights for undocumented immigrants.
Ukraine Is About to Take a Big Step on a Long Road Toward the European Union
Even though negotiations will begin for Ukraine to join the bloc, the path ahead is a long one.
In Latest Attacks, Russia Is Exploiting a Major Weakness for Ukraine
Ukraine is running out of American-made Patriot air-defense interceptors, and is pleading for more.
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