Society The politics of free time Exclusive to the New Statesman, a new 40-year analysis of time use diaries reveals why Britons feel burnt out. By Anoosh Chakelian
The Weekend Interview Graham Allison: “American politics is driving towards a provocation that China could not avoid” Jeremy Cliffe
Long reads Boris Johnson the clown’s first encore Before the parliamentary Privileges Committee, he hunched his shoulders like an actor playing Churchill. But the music had stopped. The party was over. The circus had moved on… By Edward Docx
UK Politics Rishi Sunak’s “epoch-defining” defence strategy needs to be more than a label Freddie Hayward
UK Politics With No 10 now in calmer hands, it will no longer be the focus of national contempt Andrew Marr
Arresting Donald Trump will only strengthen the conspiracists Five years after QAnon was born, the idea of a corrupt deep state persecuting its enemies is in the mainstream of Republican politics. By Gabriel Gatehouse
The IRA’s blank assassin The Brighton bomb killed five people but failed to hit its target, Margaret Thatcher. а> By Michael Burleigh
Cost-of-living Crisis The Policy Ask with Alfie Stirling: “It’s all about trying to fail in the most successful way possible” Spotlight
Energy and Climate Change Concern about climate change stays strong through cost-of-living crisis Nick Ferris
Healthcare “A time-bomb within our health system”: more than three-quarters of NHS staff have considered quitting Harry Clarke-Ezzidio
The Weekend Report Once upon a time in Wakefield The truth about one white 14-year-old schoolboy and a Koran is less straightforward than the culture war narrative suggests. By Harry Lambert