UK The Conservative pairing scandal is another troubling sign for Britain’s democratic norms For the second time in three weeks, ministers will have misled parliament without facing the consequences. By Stephen Bush
UK Could the latest anti-Semitism row be Labour’s breaking point? Corbynsceptic MPs are unsure if they should retain seats and forgo a say in the party’s policy platform, or break away and attempt to win as some new force. By Stephen Bush
Feminism Calling the male Harriet Harmans: why equality in politics benefits men as well as women Let’s stop calling opinionated women “difficult” and the men who check themselves “beaten” rather than listening. By Stella Creasy
UK Burberry’s destruction of £28m of leftover clothing shows fashion is still all about class Designer fashion is still, undoubtedly, all about class. By Billie Esplen
Brexit What is the point of the Lib Dems if their leaders won’t turn up to vote against Brexit? The absence of Vince Cable and Tim Farron from crucial votes was an unutterable display of idiocy. By Hannah Jane Parkinson
UK The chaos in the Tory party is down to Theresa May’s inadequacies Amateurish attempts to trick Tory activists has damaged her, and her party’s prospects, dramatically. By Simon Heffer
North America Trump vs the world He has antagonised the EU and insulted Theresa May – while cosying up to Putin and Kim. But the US president’s threats can’t simply be ignored. By Lawrence Freedman
North America Putin and the wrecking ball It caused anger and unease across the West, but the meeting between the Russian president and Donald Trump was not as substantively “historic” as its protagonists may have hoped. By John Bew
Health How the bottled water industry conned us all Figures show that in 2017, sales of bottled water overtook those of fizzy drinks in the US. By Sophie McBain
UK We dismiss the threat of populist blowhards at our peril Why the likes of Nigel Farage and Piers Morgan aren’t funny any more. By Helen Lewis
UK There’s a peculiar kind of pain in a farewell gig – especially if it’s Paul Simon More family groups – baby boomer parents with adult children – than I have ever seen before fill Hyde Park to say goodbye to the 76-year-old. By Kate Mossman
Brexit I’m a Tory MEP. Hardline Brexiteers in my party are destroying the British union English nationalists have made it clear that they will crush anything in their path – including peace in Northern Ireland. By Charles Tannock
UK Tackling bullying and harassment in parliament may make bad headlines for the government Some think the measures to tackle bad behaviour do not go far enough. By Patrick Maguire
UK The contradictory desires of 17.4m Brexit voters can’t be satisfied by one deal Worse, the flavour of Brexit that is most popular with Conservative MPs has no significant following in the country. By Stephen Bush
UK Why Labour won’t help the government on Brexit It’s important to remember what Brexit is as far as the Labour leadership is concerned: occasionally a means by which to whack the government, but most of the time, not its problem. By Patrick Maguire
Brexit Now we know the extent of Vote Leave’s lies, we must hold a second referendum The Electoral Commission report leaves no room for doubt: the Brexit result was tainted. By Kyle Taylor
Sponsored by Artemis Politics Artemis Income Fund: Sticking to stocks… By Adrian Frost and Nick Shenton
Books What The War of the Worlds means now Why the Victorian anxieties that underlie HG Wells’s masterpiece have never gone away. By Philip Ball
UK Burberry’s destruction of £28m of leftover clothing shows fashion is still all about class Designer fashion is still, undoubtedly, all about class. By Billie Esplen
TV & Radio The delicious, sticky darkness of HBO’s Sharp Objects Dead girls, wrap-around porches and enervating humidity: this crime drama is like the bastard child of Carson McCullers and Big Little Lies. By Rachel Cooke
Q&A “If I had to define myself by one title, it would be activist” Imam Sherin Khankan talks activists as politicians, her Syrian refugee father, and a non-digital world. By New Statesman
TV & Radio Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America is a fitting metaphor for the US, but unsatisfying TV The prankster’s new show sees him don some elaborate prosthetics to ostensibly get the bottom of American identity in 2018. By Ed Jefferson
TV & Radio Netflix special Nanette is a comedy show that hopes you don’t leave laughing The show is a series of misdirections: a tricksy, self-conscious beast, full of sleight of hand. By Anna Leszkiewicz
Internet “It’s Everyday Bro”: the rise of vlogger-made, social-media driven, godawful music videos No matter how hastily constructed, poorly produced, or obviously irrelevant, music videos have become vloggers latest cash cow. By Sarah Manavis
Social Media Elon Musk is a spoiled teenager trapped in the body of a billionaire Not all of Elon Musk’s ideas are bad. But he cannot accept that some of them are. By Sarah Manavis
Health Finally, the NHS has realised: patient-doctor relationships should be partnerships Funnelling science-obsessed sixth formers into six years of study and then spitting them out in the direction of poorly people is not always a recipe for success. By Phil Whitaker
Sport Searches related to domestic violence spiked during both World Cup semi-finals Exclusive data shows a correlation between match times and opponent goals scored, and spikes in searches for terms related to domestic violence. By Sarah Manavis
Observations Has he flown too high? The imperial overreach of Tesla boss Elon Musk An ongoing dispute over workers’ rights is undermining Musk’s do-good, ethical image. By India Bourke
Books Poets of the material world: engineers are the people who make dreams real An engineer’s achievement of pure utility can also create structures of stunning grace and beauty. By Joe Moran
Feminism What the murder of Eurydice Dixon reveals about Australia’s attitude to women Recent murder cases have ignited a conversation about a culture that promotes misogyny. By Kathleen Farmilo
North America Republicans speak out against Trump’s Putin summit – but it means nothing unless they act GOP senators could cross the aisle if they were really as outraged as they claim. But they won’t. By Nicky Woolf
Sport Pussy Riot’s World Cup pitch invasion pierced the fog of unreality around Putin’s Russia The idea of Russia as a functioning state is – much like the Fifa Land in which the World Cup takes place – a delusion. By Padraig Reidy
North America Only Vladimir Putin benefited from the Russia-US summit Donald Trump is not the first US president to subject foreign policy to his own political interests. But no one has done it as badly. By Eszter Simon
The Staggers Even after the indictment of 12 Russian spies, Donald Trump still cries “witch hunt” The US president is gaslighting us all. By Nicky Woolf
UK “The highest level of special”: the Trump-May press conference was Love Actually gone... The Prime Minister was like a substitute teacher trying to control a toddler with behavioural problems. By Nicky Woolf
