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OUT NOW – EDITION 70 – FEBRUARY 2025

Cover Story


The Westminster Spy Ring and the Crocodile of Autocracy
Sergei Cristo


How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for the Tech Autocracy of Musk and Trump
Peter Jukes


From Brexit to X: We Live With the Consequences of Why Nothing Was Done About Russian Interference
Ian Lucas


‘The Spy Game Has Changed’
Charles Beaumont

Cartoon by Martin Rowson

The Tech Bros Move Fast and Break Things – First Up: Democracy
Manasa Narayanan and Sabrina Provenzani


Plus: Special Investigation

Who Really Profits From Pornography?
Iain Overton

exclusive to the print edition

SIGHTS ON GAZA

Denying the emergency

FINDING LEVI

A special investigation by Dan Evans and Tom Latchem into a missing person’s case with dark criminal undertones

Exclusive weekend investigations, more US coverage, more long reads, and weekday forums


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Gold

Roger Ross • John Peek • Rupert M • Sharon Spooner • Helen Taylor • Robert Pockney • Donald Roy Amstad • Richard Allcorn • Andrew Hawkins • Ronan Flood • Thete Gaming • Mosaic Mania • Johan Louwerse • Alan Sellers • Sarah Harris • N C R Rabb • Kaj D.  Kayij-wint • Sj Gordon • Peter M • Elanzo Burgess

Silver

Christopher Head • Bob Attwood • Caroline Shea • Catherine Radley • Peter York • Bernard Bedford • Abraham Thomas Yusef Henry Tinsley • Charlie Bird • Eamonn Dillon • Ed Ryland • Paul Maddock • Angela Sherwood • Rosalin Thompson • Anthony Grayling • Anthony Sheridan • Ian Armstrong • Rebecca Self • Dan Hubbard • Adrian Powell • Paula Keller • Julie Millar • Christi Muoneke • Kathryn Moore • George Burton • Stefani J Evans • Lucy De Groot • Jim Cremin • Hew Prendergast • Bronagh Eastwood • David Boughton • Stephen Pemberton • Spencer Hagard

Bronze

David Powell • Angela Rawlinson • Robert Innes • t e schuller • Brian Smith • Martin Gammon • Meredith Evans • Jeff Patt • Karen Bell • nick miles • Christine Nobbs • Peter Spring • Rob Shaw • Christopher Reilly • Padraic Boocock • Fiona Bentham • Carmelo Argenio • CTM Ward • Ann Herriot Horne • Keith Gregory • Marie Ertl • Thomas Crow • G singh-Watson • Carroll Cowin • Edward Kemp • Madelyn Most • Linda Hulls • Andrew Roger • Philip Matthew • Mark Lawrence • Amanda McKerracher • David Stewart • Peter Wilkinson • Tricia Scott • Daniele Waldburger • Martin Edwards • Nick Rabb • Stephen Broadfield • Christa Richmond • David john Richardson • andrew brown • Alan Hughes • Susie Hewson • Bob Buhr • Timothy Powell • G Singh-Watson • Dawn Scott • Liam Carden • David Price • Gordon Kidd • Andrew Moran • Janet Dowling • Mark Maleham • Kathryn Moore • John Carlisle • Suzanne Hird • Andrew Jebb • Effie Galletly • Angela McPherson • Saskia Slottje • Alistair Law • Paul Strasburger • Amanda Holden • Effie Galletly • Mike Dickson • Neil Dudgeon • Brenda Phipps • Lorraine Francis • John A Hamilton • ruth Lilian muckle • Thomas F Donald Pauline Lindsay •  Madelyn Most • Arlene Lindsey • David Davies •  James Fox •  Laurence Pidgeon •  Suzanne Wilkinson •  James Lawton • Paul Jenkins •  Jennifer White • Angela Cairns • Sarah Scriver •  Sian Kevill • Alan Griffin • Viv • Marian Hemsted • Kathleen Williams • May Linehan •  Graham Hutton • Nick Rabbitts • Brian Lamb