UK A World Cup summer reawakens a deep nostalgia in the English Who are the English and what do they want? The Brexit vote has been described as an English revolt, what Orwell called a “tug from below”. By Jason Cowley
UK David Lammy: “The British political class have crawled into bed with the far right” The Labour MP on how he remade himself as a backbench rebel on Grenfell, Windrush and Brexit. By George Eaton
Observations Peter Tatchell: Why I took a stand against Russian homophobia In Chechnya, for the past year LGBT+ people have been seized by state agents, detained without trial, tortured and, in some cases, murdered. By Peter Tatchell
Sport Complaining about female World Cup commentators only exposes your real attitude to women The inclusion of professional footballers Eni Aluko and Alex Scott to this year’s punditry has been likened to “getting a netball player to discuss basketball”. By Ruby Lott-Lavigna
UK Women of Windrush: Britain’s adventurous arrivals that history forgot When stowaway Evelyn Wauchope was discovered, the other passengers were so impressed they raised the funds to cover her ticket. By Jo Stanley
Education Crying “grade inflation” dismisses students’ achievements at university It also ignores the fact that academics regularly mark work from other universities. By Alice Bennett
Music & Theatre 50 years on, the Beatles film Yellow Submarine tells the story of the Sixties The Beatles had little interest in the making of Yellow Submarine. But, the animation in which they barely appear says far more about them than they could have predicted By DJ Taylor
North America Donald Trump and the art of the diplomatic handshake When Reagan shook hands with Gorbachev, a “spark of mutual trust” ignited between the two men. Today, Trump warmly greets the North Korean dictator while spurning his G7 allies. By David Reynolds
Media Paul Dacre’s “nasty paper” and dancing with the Jezziah Corbyn’s biggest cheer was when he promised music lessons for primary kids. The Second Coming it wasn’t. By Rachel Johnson
North America The new US border policy rips families apart. This is Trumpism: the politics of hatred The cruel separation of families at the border is not an unfortunate side-effect – it’s the whole point. By Sophie McBain
Devolution Sadiq Khan’s Conservative opponents can’t win. Which means they can’t lose, either For any ambitious Tory with connections to the capital, even losing has its advantages. By Stephen Bush
UK The Brexiteers are discovering that the UK already had the best model: EU membership Even some Tory Leavers now concede that Britain will end up in an inferior position. By George Eaton
The Staggers As the global far right rises, the SNP is offering an inclusive nationalism You don’t have to back Scottish independence to appreciate today’s SNP as an emblem of decency, progressiveness and social conscience. By Chris Deerin
Politics The New Statesman Podcast: The Brexit Dividend Debunked The New Statesman podcast with Stephen Bush and Sienna Rodgers. By New Statesman
UK Appointing George Hollingbery proves Theresa May has zero political imagination The prime minister has picked one of her closest allies to succeed Greg Hands as trade minister despite his lack of experience. By Patrick Maguire
Film The Deer Hunter, Vertigo, Die Hard... it’s a shame re-releases are so often familiar films Returning to the same films over and over can only inhibit our viewing habits. By Ryan Gilbey
UK Two musicians and two audience members, but the show had to go on The hardest part of attending an accidentally private gig, I learned, was knowing the applause etiquette and what to do with your face while being sung to. By Kate Mossman
UK A World Cup summer reawakens a deep nostalgia in the English Who are the English and what do they want? The Brexit vote has been described as an English revolt, what Orwell called a “tug from below”. By Jason Cowley
Film Fatih Akin’s In The Fade is dampened by melodrama and contrivance Diane Kruger is propulsive: but she has an instinct for subtlety that isn’t shared by her director. By Ryan Gilbey
TV & Radio BBC Four’s documentary The Many Primes of Muriel Spark is as fascinating as her fiction Not many writers come with lives as interesting as their books. By Rachel Cooke
Music & Theatre The National Theatre’s An Octoroon is a challenging take on American race relations It’s an astonishing play; if only the production weren’t turned up to 11 throughout. By Helen Lewis
Social Media Putting video ads in Facebook Messenger may be the final straw for users This fever dream, this nightmare, is your brand new user experience. By Sarah Manavis
Social Media The talking cigarette packet in your pocket: why tech companies must fix notifications now Addictive design is getting kids and adults hooked on apps. By Mic Wright
Health The Billy Caldwell case shows how outdated the UK’s cannabis laws are The government has as good as admitted that its attitude toward medicinal marijuana is simply wrong. Now it must do something about it. By Sanjana Varghese
Health Lessons learnt from a man who just couldn’t stop himself from falling asleep Sleep apnoea and narcolepsy were ruled out – until Ben remembered that sometimes his legs would buckle beneath him. By Phil Whitaker
Media Paul Dacre was Fleet Street’s last silverback gorilla No other editor will have the same power he had during his 26 years at the Mail. His departure from the Daily Mail will trigger a sea-change in the British media. By Helen Lewis
Media Shame and accountability: too many journalists and presenters forgot both after Brexit If a fortune is to be made, then there will always be cowboys. By Nesrine Malik
Media Reporting on the Italian mafia is becoming more dangerous than ever before Italy’s new populist government is threatening to take away police protection from investigative journalists. By Jemimah Steinfeld
The Staggers As Greece’s bailout nears end, is the eurozone better equipped to handle future crises? Unless the internal politics of the 19 member states line up with one another, necessary reforms will always hit the buffers. By Stephen Bush
Middle East “I left the home I had lived in for 32 years”: Syria’s invisible refugees The conflict in Syria has now lasted longer than the Second World War. By Lizzie Porter
Europe The Italian far right won’t get a Roma census, but its anti-minority propaganda is working Matteo Salvini’s proposal would violate the Italian constitution, but it will also help his party gain support. By Francesco Zaffarano
Europe Poland is rewriting history – and the consequence is the rise of anti-Semitism A visit to a concentration camp reveals that an illiberal government is reshaping the reality of the Holocaust. By Paul Mason
The Staggers Will an immigration battle spell disaster for Angela Merkel’s fourth term? For the EU, the row in Germany is a reminder of the ability of the migrant crisis to cause political crisis across the bloc. By Stephen Bush
