Comment Boris Johnson’s government is morally and intellectually bankrupt The only strategy the Prime Minister has left is to stoke division and stir up the Tory base against imagined enemies. By Martin Fletcher
Encounter David Miliband: “Only brilliant people win from the centre left” The former foreign secretary on Keir Starmer’s leadership, Brexit and whether he will return to UK politics. By Harry Lambert
When will Vladimir Putin realise it is time to cut his losses in Ukraine? After failing to secure a victory in battle, the Russian president’s options are dwindling. By Lawrence Freedman
What rocks teach us about the human condition In Hugh Raffles' profound, genre-straddling new book, stones and minerals reveal the pain of loss and the secrets of time. а> By Kathleen Jamie
Book of the Day How Sergei Magnitsky paid with his life for exposing Vladimir Putin’s financial corruption Katie Stallard
Music Thom Yorke’s the Smile sound a lot like Radiohead – and that’s no bad thing Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Westminster Reimagined Armando Iannucci: Is politics just a game to today’s leaders? Armando Iannucci and Anoosh Chakelian
The New Statesman podcast Will the Red Wall or beergate seal Keir Starmer’s fate? Anoosh Chakelian, Freddie Hayward and Ben Walker
World Review Why the US Supreme Court is going backwards on abortion rights Emily Tamkin, Katie Stallard and Rachel Cunliffe
Business “You’re made to feel like the criminal”: why victims of romance scams feel let down by banks Sarah Dawood
The Business Interview “They have no respect for anything”: the quiet remorse of the man who sold London to Putin’s oligarchs Emma Haslett
The Environment Interview England on fire? Stephen Ellcock and the need for radical, noisy art India Bourke
Long reads Is a united Ireland now inevitable? As Sinn Féin surges with voters, Irish reunification seems closer than ever. But the real debate over what the new… By Martin Fletcher