Lionel Barber
Informed commentary on media and politics in an upside-down age, from the former editor of the Financial Times (2005–2020).
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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The end of the Trump era
I was a day early and a trillion dollars short. Financial markets have begun to absorb the economic implications of the Democrat tsunami, especially on Ai, data centers and the spending boom. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/r...
Anthropic’s trillion dollar bet
Darwin be damned. This monkey is not prepared to submit to the robots - just yet
Anthropic has unveiled its long-awaited prospectus to go public. Over more than 300 pages, America’s leading AI company sets out how its technology could cure...
The triumph of trivia in British politics
HEALTH WARNING: this post was written before Defence Secretary Wes Streeting called on the British public to stockpile food, water, blankets and an FM radio to prepare for cyber-attacks. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/22/tank-gun-...
Sober Swiss newspaper gets drunk on Trump
One of my biggest regrets at the passing of Media Confidential, the podcast which I co-hosted with ex Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, is that I no longer get to call out poor journalism in real time.
Still, not all is lost.
The other day...
Trump’s stab in the back
As an act of infamy, President Trump’s “superdeal” to buy Russian diesel fuel is right up there. Not quite on the scale of the secret Molotov-von Ribbentrop pact when Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany carved up Eastern Europe on the eve of Wor...
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