Welcome to this week's edition,
Last week was one of high stakes and high drama. Not only did Putin and Trump meet for a historic summit in Alaska, but, at home, it was Gen-Zers who were left to wonder what their next steps would be as they opened their A-level results.
For decades, the script has been clear and simple: A-levels, university and a ticket to a job with higher earnings. For employers, a degree signified a necessary level of self-discipline and ambition; for parents, it offered a reliable structure for the potential wilderness years after the routine of school had ended, as well as a safety net. But that longstanding bargain has broken down.
With AI taking over many graduate entry-level jobs and the scandalously high interest on student loans, many are rethinking what the next step looks like. Could the lucky ones be the students who don't get into university this year, asks Zoe Beaty?
Meanwhile, Russian expert Anne McElvoy turned her attention to Putin's ruthless "winning" mindset – and the major risk to Trump, while Mary Dejevesky asks, does Zelensky the warrior have what it takes to cut it as a peacetime leader?
And on American soil, Jonathan Margolis writes about his terrifying encounter with who he presumes was a Maga supporter in a white-pick up truck in Idaho. Were Jonathan's Canadian number plates and choice of car enough to provoke a road-rage attack which left Jonathan fearing for his life? Read why he thinks so here.
Has "woke" politics come for our diets, too? Hannah Twiggs reports on how politics and toxic masculinity are killing the Mediterranean diet – in the very places where it was born. In a world of UPFs and red-meat diets, she talks to a nutrition expert who has an idea of how processed food might also save it.
And in this piece, Stephen Armstrong turns his head to who is saving clubland. Retired ravers are behind an underground club revival as they rediscover the joy and feelings of freedom the dancefloor gave them three decades ago. And far from being a generational divide, Gen-Zers are more than happy to join the clubbers old enough to be their parents. Read why, here.
Until next weekend!
Victoria Harper
Assistant Editor (Premium)
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