Politics As US politics turns ever uglier, stand by for a wave of autocratic whataboutery A militarised over-reaction by the US government to legitimate domestic protests is a gift to dictators across the world. By Jeremy Cliffe
Health “We’re preparing for another spike”: A London NHS hospital chief reflects on the peak of Covid-19 A diary by Royal Free Hospital chief executive Kate Slemeck, reflecting on Britain's first coronavirus cases, hosting camera crews and the prospect of a second wave. By Kate Slemeck
UK In Britain, we have our George Floyds too From Gareth Myatt to Jimmy Mubenga to Rashan Charles – the UK Black Lives Matter protests remember injustices closer to home. By Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi
UK As we scramble for a quick Covid-19 cure, the virus has settled in for the long haul Even if an effective vaccine does emerge, its value as a tool for reopening economies will trigger squabbles over who gets it first. By Anjana Ahuja
Business and finance HSBC is banking on its customers’ apathy towards Hong Kong An unequivocal message of support for Beijing has let the world know where the bank’s priorities lie. By Will Dunn
Europe How Viktor Orbán turned the Treaty of Trianon into a dangerous political weapon On its 100th anniversary, the agreement is being used to whitewash anti-Semitism in the past and present. By Emily Tamkin
North America The fires keep burning How the killing by police of George Floyd convulsed the United States. By Emily Tamkin
The long shadow of the Boer War As Victoria's soldiers fought in South Africa, some of the era's best known authors reported home. Their writing shaped the legacy of a traumatic conflict. By Andrew Glazzard
UK Boris Johnson is fighting on many fronts – but the Scotland Question could finish him Why the biggest challenge to Johnson’s administration is the Scottish parliament election, as the SNP aims to secure a mandate for a second independence referendum. By Stephen Bush
UK Has there been a "Cummings effect" on lockdown compliance? The data shows increased mobility during the Cummings story, but it is harder to prove a causal link. By Nicu Calcea
The Staggers Johnson's U-turn increases the scale of the government's Rees-Mogg problem The Prime Minister has reduced the democratic damage caused by the Leader of the House, but the headache for his whips remains. By Stephen Bush
UK The biggest test of the government will be whether it can prevent a second Covid-19 wave Can ministers ease the lockdown without a new spike in infections? By Stephen Bush
UK The humbling of Dominic Cummings Boris Johnson’s chief strategist reached No 10 by pitting the people against the political elite and scorning the media. Now his hypocrisy is exposed. By Harry Lambert
UK First Thoughts: Why Boris Johnson can’t keep people safe at work, and the new age of the car Tory cuts and their disdain for health and safety have come home to roost: the inspectors we need to get a post-virus economy working are gone. By Peter Wilby
The Staggers Forcing MPs to work from Westminster harms us all Expecting members of parliament to vote in person will cause problems for both politicians and their constituents. By Ailbhe Rea
Books Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s The Discomfort of Evening: sly, surprising and singular. Haunting and gently chaotic, this International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel is a rare and strident debut. By Megan Nolan
Art & Design The greats outdoors: Aleksei Venetsianov’s scenes of agricultural life The serf-owning painter who turned to Mother Russia for his subjects. By Michael Prodger
Film Why Southland Tales – a fascinating disaster of a movie – is apt lockdown viewing Richard Kelly's science-fiction comedy was widely derided on release in 2006, but it has since found a cult audience. By Philippa Snow
The toothless satire of Space Force If it must be compared to Steve Carell's last leading role in TV comedy, this has fewer jokes and a lot more clunky exposition about space. By Anna Leszkiewicz
TV & Radio BBC One’s The Other One: funny, rude and piercingly sad In this comedy of affairs and second wives, we see the family as I like to see it: generous, expansive, richly humane. By Rachel Cooke
UK As we scramble for a quick Covid-19 cure, the virus has settled in for the long haul Even if an effective vaccine does emerge, its value as a tool for reopening economies will trigger squabbles over who gets it first. By Anjana Ahuja
Politics Sars, Ebola and Mers were near misses that led us to believe Covid-19 would pass us by too Each briefly threatened to become a pandemic, but those who dealt with them directly knew they could have caused far greater damage. By Ian Leslie
Health The other epidemic: how coronavirus triggered a surge in mental illness The behaviours necessary to fight Covid-19 are having painful psychological consequences. By Emily Bootle
North America Could remdesivir be the drug the world is waiting for to fight Covid-19? The antiviral medication will soon be used to treat NHS patients and the US and EU are rushing to authorise it for sale. By Patrick Mulholland
Social Media Why Facebook won’t block Donald Trump’s posts Though Mark Zuckerberg faces an unprecedented employee revolt, he fears retaliation by the president. By Oscar Williams
Politics As US politics turns ever uglier, stand by for a wave of autocratic whataboutery A militarised over-reaction by the US government to legitimate domestic protests is a gift to dictators across the world. By Jeremy Cliffe
North America Donald Trump has declared war on US democracy. Can he be stopped? The President has put himself at the head of a terrifying new far-right insurrection. By Paul Mason
North America After Bernie: where next for the US left? The reborn progressive movement is determined to wield its influence and transform the Democratic Party from within. By Emily Tamkin
Asia China’s growing belligerence is only hurting itself The Hong Kong security law speaks of a power whose main problem is loneliness. By Jeremy Cliffe
Middle East Why Israel is stuck with Benjamin Netanyahu Despite failing to secure a decisive victory in three elections and being on trial for corruption charges, Netanyahu remains Israel’s prime minister. How has he held on for so long? By Alona Ferber
Angela Merkel’s chancellorship “runs and runs” and lockdown is eased in Germany Why, despite being at the height of her powers, the chancellor will probably not seek a fifth term. And I say goodbye to Berlin for the first time in months. By Jeremy Cliffe
The government needs to know how afraid people are 9 June 2011: Rowan Williams, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, offers advice to the coalition. By Rowan Williams
The end of the Second World War was also a beginning 12 May 1945: VE Day – joy, thankfulness and hope at the end of the conflict in Europe. By New Statesman
Hilaire Belloc's guide to not talking on trains 2 August 1924: Stratagems to initiate – and block – conversations on the railway. By Hilaire Belloc
Why the Germans are not loved 14 November 1914: How Germany never outgrew its barbarian roots. By Havelock Ellis
Confessions of a Down and Out 18 March 1933: a former homeless man, WH Davies, reviews George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London. By WH Davies
The upside-down world of Lewis Carroll 9 December 1939: The author was a man who spoke to the child in all of us. By Virginia Woolf
