The Weekend Essay Andy Burnham’s growing pains The new Prime Minister has set himself a fierce challenge: remaking Britain’s economic order By Michael Jacobs
Down and Out My mother is back in hospital, having decided falling is the way forward Nicholas Lezard
Our island stories Philip Hensher’s survey of the British novel is generous, appreciative – and highly opinionated а> By John Mullan
1. England won’t sleep through the migrant crisis Before masked men descended on Dover, they stopped in a small village – and found quiet supporters By Anoosh Chakelian
How long can Germany resist the far right? The AfD feeds off the failures of the centre, and that strategy has taken it to the cusp of political power By Hans Kundnani
British Politics Holborn and St Pancras is Labour’s to lose The party’s candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali is viewed as being close to Starmer By Megan Kenyon