UK Boris Johnson must choose between two types of Brexit failure The Prime Minister needs to decide whether to accept a proposal he previously rejected or blame his opponents for no deal. By Stephen Bush
Books Permanent Record: Edward Snowden spies on the spies The whistle-blower’s memoir is insightful, with a nice line in tech-inflected imagery. By Steven Poole
North America Swipes from rivals during the Democratic debate only prove Warren is now the frontrunner Even a revived Bernie Sanders and former vice president Joe Biden look to be playing catchup. By Nicky Woolf
The Staggers The British press is missing something important about Leo Varadkar: he’s popular The Taoiseach’s approval ratings are actually up. By Finn McRedmond
Environment What happens now the police have banned Extinction Rebellion protests in London? Activists argue that the decision shows the authorities are “really starting to take us seriously”. By Anoosh Chakelian
Sport Be proud of our response to racist Bulgarian fans, but remember our own problems Widespread condemnation of racist chants shows how far the UK has come, but our focus on athletes risks obscuring wider issues. By Sunder Katwala
Europe The new Spanish civil wars How the contested legacy of Islamic rule in Spain is fuelling the rise of the far right in the troubled kingdom. By Andrew Hussey
UK Myths from a small island: the dangers of a buccaneering view of British history The idea of “Global Britain” ignores the reality of our imperial past and pretends the UK can become a trading superpower through optimism alone. By Robert Saunders
Media Why I now realise there’s no such thing as linguistic decline Mansplain, snowflake and bae: there’s a pleasure to be found in watching a living language grow and wrestle with itself. By Pippa Bailey
Books Zadie Smith’s Grand Union: stories from a wandering mind Smith’s playful short stories reference #MeToo and Brexit but are at their best when they delve beyond the anxieties of modern life. By Anna Leszkiewicz
Film Chris Morris on his new terrorism satire The Day Shall Come The man behind Brass Eye and Four Lions tells Helen Lewis about the confected terrorism plots that inspired his new film. By Helen Lewis
The Staggers There's nothing surprising about the DUP pouring cold water over a Brexit deal The Conservatives' Brexit objectives can't be reconciled with the DUP's. It is still far from clear how that will change. By Stephen Bush
Elections What's John McDonnell up to? A controversial GQ interview and the ousting of Karie Murphy has some Corbyn staffers worried that a purge is underway. By Stephen Bush
UK Why is the first Corbyn council siding with developers against local market traders? A document leaked to the New Statesman suggests Momentum-led Haringey Council’s hands may not be tied by its predecessor’s gentrification plan. By Anoosh Chakelian
UK The SNP leadership has defeated the Salmondites in national secretary vote The most significant and bitterly contested internal vote of SNP conference ended with a landslide victory for Nicola Sturgeon. By Patrick Maguire
Elections Are Boris Johnson's VoterID proposals an attempt to disenfranchise Labour voters? Johnson's proposals are better than Theresa May's - but they are also more expensive. By Stephen Bush
UK I tried to protect my abuser’s new partner using Clare’s Law – it made me feel powerless When the disclosure scheme gave my abusive former partner the all-clear, I felt like none of it had ever happened. By Anonymous
Music & Theatre How the world caught up with Lana Del Rey When Lana Del Rey emerged she was attacked for being inauthentic. But her strange brand of brooding, bruised Americana now seems to fit the times. By Kate Mossman
Music & Theatre Why the Beatles’ Abbey Road reigns supreme 50 years on The interesting thing about the 1969 record is that it is bigger now than it was then. By David Hepworth
Books Zadie Smith’s Grand Union: stories from a wandering mind Smith’s playful short stories reference #MeToo and Brexit but are at their best when they delve beyond the anxieties of modern life. By Anna Leszkiewicz
Music & Theatre Michael Hutchence lost his sense of smell – and it all went downhill from there A renowned “sensualist”, in losing his sense of smell the INXS frontman had been left “floating in space”, deprived of the essence of his being. By Kate Mossman
Film Chris Morris on his new terrorism satire The Day Shall Come The man behind Brass Eye and Four Lions tells Helen Lewis about the confected terrorism plots that inspired his new film. By Helen Lewis
Books Kirsty Logan's Things We Say in the Dark: surreal twists on modern fears The Scottish writer’s short-story collection is made up of eccentric accounts of the supernatural, the dystopian and the outright horror-filled. By Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Environment Why the flight-shaming movement sweeping Europe won’t take off in the UK “Flysgskam” first gained prominence in Sweden, where holidays are longer and rail travel more affordable. By Imogen West-Knights
Sport David Pemsel: from the Guardian to the Premier League The former ad man who helped turn around the newspaper’s fortunes has been appointed chief executive of football’s top-level league. By Jasper Jackson
Sport John Barnes, football race rows and the soul-corrupting economy of today’s new media Whenever there’s race to be debated, just page Barnes and up he pops, effortlessly filling airtime. By Jonathan Liew
Environment The myth of green cars Cars have long dominated our cities and polluted our air. But are electric versions anything more than environmental window-dressing? By Hettie O'Brien
Observations The rise of scheduling free time People are attempting to optimise their days by scheduling in free time. But with time limits and cancellations, free time becomes a task to be achieved – and then is it really free? By Sarah Manavis
Technology “The New Jim Code” – Ruha Benjamin on racial discrimination by algorithm The Princeton sociologist and author of Race After Technology on how new technologies encode old forms of segregation – and how we might build something better. By Hettie O'Brien
Books General James Mattis on wars that failed to offer a better tomorrow The memoir of the four-star general and Trump’s former secretary of defence is, in essence, about leadership. By Emma Sky
Middle East Turkey’s attack on the Kurds in Northern Syria already has a mounting civilian cost Children are among the dead as the Turkish offensive enters its third day. By Abbie Cheeseman
Europe The quiet rebirth of the European centre left Having once appeared moribund, social democrats now hold office in Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. By George Eaton
Africa Ethiopians are jubilant at the Nobel Peace Prize for Abiy Ahmed The award recognises the peace deal between the two countries, but many in Eritrea see it as premature. By Martin Plaut
Europe The new Spanish civil wars How the contested legacy of Islamic rule in Spain is fuelling the rise of the far right in the troubled kingdom. By Andrew Hussey
