The New European becomes The New World - with Alastair Campbell
The Two Matts
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4.4 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The Matts are joined by Alastair Campbell to discuss today’s big news - the rebrand of The New European to The New World. Why are we changing? Who is The New World for? Who will be writing in it... and about what. All will be revealed. Founder and editor-in-chief Matt Kelly and editor-at-large Matthew d’Ancona explain the thinking and ambition behind this new chapter in the publishing success that started life as a 4-week pop-up… and turned into the fastest growing title in the UK. While Alastair Campbell - who, it is rumoured, has a podcast of his own - joins them on the sofa to explain why The New World is his new favourite magazine. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | This is Matt Kelly, founder and editor-in-chief of, wait for it, the new world. |
| 0:05.9 | That's right, the New European has embarked on a new chapter. |
| 0:09.4 | We believe the world is ready for our brand of journalism, challenging the toxic influences |
| 0:14.6 | that brought us Brexit and have since spread an alarming rate across the globe. |
| 0:19.4 | So if you're troubled by the rise of nationalism, right-wing populism, |
| 0:22.9 | disinformation and corrosive fearmongering so common throughout our media, |
| 0:27.4 | and you want a fresh alternative, full of ideas, interest, |
| 0:31.1 | and the best cultural coverage in the game, |
| 0:33.6 | the new world was quite literally made for you. |
| 0:37.4 | Sign up now and you'll get your first month, print and digital, for just one. The New World was quite literally made for you. |
| 0:42.1 | Sign up now and you'll get your first month, print and digital, for just one pound. |
| 0:45.5 | That's a massive saving and you can cancel any time. |
| 0:50.7 | The New European has been the fastest growing title in the UK for the past four years. |
| 0:53.8 | Let's get the new world off to a great start too. Go to the new world.com. |
| 0:56.6 | UK forward slash two mats. That's the number two, M-A-T-T-S. |
| 1:07.5 | The countdown is on. On the 11th of June, |
| 1:15.1 | Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce the next five or more years of funding for social housing. |
| 1:16.8 | This is a really big deal, |
| 1:19.4 | because every day at shelter, we hear from people whose lives are being destroyed by the housing emergency, |
| 1:22.5 | and the only way to fix this is by building more social homes. |
| 1:26.5 | That's why the government has to invest in social |
| 1:28.8 | housing at the spending review on the 11th of June. To join our campaign, visit shelter.org.uk |
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