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Martin Nicholls

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Creative director, The New World. Centrist - possibly. Dad - definitely.

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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fun to make this cover, even more fun to animate it. Our 500th edition, available in newsagents now - or better (and cheaper), become a subscriber!
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our 500th special edition is now on sale! 🥳 Featuring @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social on the evolution of fascism, Matthew d'Ancona on AI and @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social on Nigel Farage, plus more 🔥 Become a subscriber from £1: buff.ly/j2IRAXm
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
LAST DAY 🚨 read The New World for free ⌛️ We started The New World in 2016 as a four-issue pop-up paper. Ten years later, we're about to publish our 500th edition. So we've opened everything up, until midnight tonight. No paywall. No catch. See what all the fuss is about - visit thenewworld.co.uk
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham has just delivered his first speech as leader at the Labour Party Conference, and perhaps the most consequential British political speech in decades. Comment your thoughts below! 🚨 The New World is FREE until the end of 30th September. 🔗 Take a look around our website. Link in bio
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📝 FULL TRANSCRIPT “We will hope again.” Andy Burnham has delivered his first Labour conference speech as Prime Minister. Read the speech in full — from Brexit and Europe to housing, social care and the future of the Union
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"We will hope again": Andy Burnham's full speech to the 2026 Labour Party Conference
The prime minister delivered perhaps the most consequential British political speech in decades
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They should reveal that care workers have a 10% chance of wiping out humanity, and raise the investment that way.
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That was genuinely one of the best conference speeches I've ever seen.
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"First they came for our attention. Now, they are coming for our souls." Such a brilliant article. AI might not kill us all, but it is turning us into infantilised narcissists... FREE to read. Do it. I promise you won't regret it.
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We started The New World in 2016 as a four-issue pop-up paper. Ten years later, we're about to publish our 500th edition. 🚨 So we're opening everything up until 30 September. No paywall. No catch. 🔗 See what all the fuss is about: buff.ly/OgU0K9b
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FREE TO READ 🔓️ The instant gratification supplied by AI assistants masks their greatest danger – their use is plunging us into an abyss of isolation, digital sedation and perpetual cognitive infancy ✏️ Matthew d’Ancona
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Worried about the AI apocalypse? You’re already living in it
The instant gratification supplied by AI assistants masks their greatest danger – their use is plunging us into an abyss of isolation, digital sedation and perpetual cognitive infancy
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
he picked him because he’ll never produce a cross
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So Harborne and Delo spend £72m and get £500m back. That's a nearly 600% return on investment. Tidy.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Time to deport all these fighting age men terrorising our patriotic lifeboat volunteers www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action
RNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Join Alastair Campbell (@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social) in conversation with Mishal Husain at Cadogan Hall on Thursday, October 22, 7.30pm. Tickets £35 on sale NOW - from the Cadogan Hall website: buff.ly/RJfWL9X Book now! A few VIP tickets also available. A The New World event
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 16/09/2026
The lesson from this week is that most of the UK media thinks Hot Fuzz is a horror movie about a woke city cop destroying a perfectly admirable local community.
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The New World founder on the passing of the great journalist, broadcaster and playwright who has died after a short illness ✏️ Matt Kelly
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Bonnie Greer’s driving, passionate, urgent search for our common humanity
The New World founder on the passing of the great journalist, broadcaster and playwright who has died after a short illness
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very sad to hear about the death of the wonderful Bonnie Greer. For many years she wrote a column for The New World, covering politics, film, music, history - anything that took her interest. She was always erudite, eloquent, passionate and humane. RIP. www.thenewworld.co.uk/contributor/...
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The actress’ sex appeal has become a battleground in the culture wars, from feminism to the MAGA manosphere ✏️ Lucy Reade
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Sydney Sweeney and the art of political pornography
The actress’ sex appeal has become a battleground in the culture wars, from feminism to the MAGA manosphere.
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Quite pleased with this illustration tbh. It's all in the detail.
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dressed as Ulster paramilitaries, Patriot Platform represent a deep set of prejudices that cannot be countered by the facts. That makes them all the more poisonous ✏️ Matthew d’Ancona
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So Andy Burnham – what are you doing about those mobs in Dover and Portsmouth?
Dressed as Ulster paramilitaries, Patriot Platform represent a deep set of prejudices that cannot be countered by the facts. That makes them all the more poisonous
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
FREE TO READ 🚨 How much did 9/11 shape the world we live in today, and what is its lasting legacy? Our editor-at-large Matthew d'Ancona has written a stunning essay that takes us through the last 25 years ⬇️ buff.ly/D5nQiSY
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UK Prime Minister, Some Say Sinister @joemuggs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just perfection. You will not see any better bit of broadcasting this century.
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
See also Clacton...
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This should be the easiest open goal in the world for a progressive government - they are literally violent criminals. Most voters do not like violent criminals.
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ffs BBC, it’s only a ‘protest’ if there is some sort of message. No slogans, no banners, no placards. Just a masked, black-shirted militia disrupting Britain’s critical infrastructure. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Disruption at Port of Dover as masked men hold protest
Images appear to show hundreds of protesters, all dressed in black and wearing face coverings.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/09/2026
So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nigel must be saved! Deputy heads must roll! Protect Big Dog!
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A Channel 4 investigation has revealed the seedy workings of Reform’s moneymen. Farage was in trouble before. Now he might have had it ✏️ @jamesrball.com
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Farage and the dodgy donations – is this the final straw?
A Channel 4 investigation has revealed the seedy workings of Reform’s moneymen. Farage was in trouble before. Now he might have had it
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nigel Farage resigns when he shouldn't, but doesn't resign when he should.
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nigel Farage is caught in a seemingly endless swirl of dodgy donations, gifts, scams and sleaze. It's hard to keep up. Fortunately, the brilliant @jamesrball.com is on hand to explain what it all means and why it matters. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-f...
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Farage and the dodgy donations – is this the final straw?
A Channel 4 investigation has revealed the seedy workings of Reform’s moneymen. Farage was in trouble before. Now he might have had it
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our next edition is now out 🗞️ In an extract from @paulmason.bsky.social's new book, Reds: A Global History of Communism, he warns that, in the struggle between democracy and dictatorship, the entire history of the left is now in play Get a FREE & signed copy when you subscribe 🔥 buff.ly/Ks1hQaA
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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nigel Farage responds to the Channel 4 news reports
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 03/09/2026
profiled James Orr last year and honestly still really pleased with this description of him www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who is James Orr, one of the men behind Reform’s latest dodgy donor scandal? @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com has the details… www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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James Orr: Reform’s polished extremist
A decade ago, his views would have been considered beyond the pale. But now this friend of JD Vance is right at the heart of British politics
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What really struck me watching Channel 4 investigation into Reform is that the wilful breaking of electoral law isn’t an accident - it’s by design At every turn it’s Reform - Orr, Dan Jukes - saying how to break the law Exactly why I’ve been banging on about weak election law for so long
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The Telegraph decided to compile a list of all the ways Harry and Meghan have criticised Britain, so for my @thenewworldmag.bsky.social column this week I decided to repay the favour.
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Sorry, the Telegraph, but Meghan isn’t Britain’s biggest critic - that’s you
The right wing paper’s complaints about the moaning Sussexes are dwarfed by its own output
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Most British thing ever is for the day it becomes legal to fit solar extremely easily to your home is the day the sun finally disappears after three months.
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
FREE TO READ 🔓️ The inside story on why Will Self has had a long go at the editors of The New World ✏️ @editormattkelly.bsky.social
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A certain lack of Self-awareness
The inside story on why Will Self has had a long go at the editors of The New World
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
LIVE NOW! The brilliant Paul Mason on the real history of Communism, its surprising resurgence and the modern tankie left... thenewworld.substack.com/p/live-at-11...
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
You can demand a return to "Christian values", or you can attack empathy as "suicidal". You cannot do both.
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A three-paragraph memo from 45 years ago sums up everything that can go wrong when politicians forget what they’re here for ✏️ @editormattkelly.bsky.social
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The letter Andy Burnham should frame and hang on the Cabinet Office wall
A three-paragraph memo from 45 years ago sums up everything that can go wrong when politicians forget what they’re here for
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 31/07/2026
no, YOU'RE googling 'pervert glasses' every few days just to see if the term is sticking
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Our latest voting intention sees cross over. Labour move ahead by 4. Their first lead since March 2025 & highest share since Nov 24 🌹 LAB 28% (+4)
⏩ REF 24% (-2)
🌳 CON 22% (nc)
🔶 LIB DEM 12% (+1)
🟢 GREEN 8% (-3)
🟡 SNP 2% (nc) N = 2061| Dates 24-27/7| Change w 22/7
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Our next edition is now on sale 🗞️ Hope! Featuring @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @paulmason.bsky.social, Matthew d'Ancona, Julia Kaminski and more Subscribe today: buff.ly/J8G5KQb
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The bass legend believes music is becoming a middle-class hobby ✏️ @sanglesey.bsky.social
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Jah Wobble on Lydon, Farage and why punk couldn’t happen now
The bass legend believes music is becoming a middle-class hobby
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