7-13 March 2025

IN THIS ISSUE

20 What Zelensky wants Jeremy Bowen reports from Ukraine

24 The new information wars Alison Phillips on how the mainstream media lost control

29 Maga misogyny Jill Filipovic on Andrew Tate’s America

32 Trump ascendant John Gray on the president’s command of soft power

38 Dante’s disrupted life Rowan Williams on the Divine Comedy as autofiction

44 How to forgive Pippa Bailey on Esther Ghey’s remarkable memoir

46 New ways of painting Michael Prodger on Siena’s artistic revolution

Power grab: John Gray on the world according to Donald Trump

Zelensky under pressure

Rowan Williams on Dante

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