The Staggers How internal divisions are threatening the SNP’s drive towards independence Increasing support for an illegal wildcat referendum is undermining the party’s attempt to win over unionist voters. By Chris Deerin
Asia China’s slow response to coronavirus has shown the weakness of its centralised model In a system where power is concentrated at the top, local officials are not incentivised to take decisive action. By Jessie Lau
TV & Radio The Windermere Children is a moving portrait of the children who survived the Holocaust As this BBC drama makes clear, the adults who survived Nazi camps remembered life before the war. But the children had no prior memories to cling to. By Rachel Cooke
Europe How the Italian left defied the far right in Emilia-Romagna In the traditional socialist stronghold, a new climate of polarisation mobilised voters against Matteo Salvini’s League. By David Broder
UK What will happen in phase two of the Grenfell Tower inquiry? The company that designed the tower block’s cladding will be under scrutiny. By New Statesman
Asia Going it alone in a foreign land To friends, I framed my upcoming solo trip to Japan as an elaborate success: a woman unexpectedly dumped, taking off on her own to climb up hills and meditate. Inside, I was terrified. By Alice Vincent
Feminism In order to write, I have to make sacrifices and I'm learning to accept those losses What you leave out is as important as what you choose to include. By Megan Nolan
Books A World Without Work: technology and the future of unemployment Many jobs existing today will not vanish completely and new ones will be established, including those we have not yet imagined. By Anthony Seldon
TV & Radio Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Lab is one of the creepiest things I’ve ever seen on television And I’m old enough to remember the Krankies. By Rachel Cooke
UK The free trade delusion The UK may believe it can play the US and the EU off against each other. But it will soon collide with geopolitical reality. By Ivo Dawnay
Food & Drink The 2010s saw clean eating, small plates and veganism. What’s next for food culture? Sandwiches, apparently. As well as trends ranging from the vague (“sour”) to the very specific (pea milk), say “experts”. By Felicity Cloake
The Staggers Unite's nomination is a reminder that no one in the Labour Party has unlimited power Whoever becomes leader will have been opposed by at least one major trade union. By Stephen Bush
Wales Welsh Labour has an identity crisis – and an existential threat The party needs to recover its sense of what it is to win again. By Martha O'Neil
UK The Tories are worried about keeping their new voters, but it may not be so hard Those former Labour supporters who backed the Conservatives aren’t in search of a new economic settlement – just a better-kept high street. By Stephen Bush
UK Rise of the new working-class Tories Can Boris Johnson’s Conservatives really hold on to former Labour voters in the party’s old heartlands? By Simon Heffer
Books Oliver Cromwell, the man who wouldn’t be king For Cromwell, getting rid of Charles I was the easy bit. What came next was the problem. By Rowan Williams
Film The Personal History of David Copperfield: a brisk and breezy take on Dickens Armando Iannucci’s adaptation finds joy, even if it loses some of the darkness of the novel. By Ryan Gilbey
Books JM Coetzee’s The Death of Jesus: a fitting conclusion to a great trilogy Coetzee’s trilogy of deadpan, present tense, fable-like fantasies, culminates in his extraordinary new novel The Death of Jesus. By Leo Robson
TV & Radio World Wise Web: the radio show that unleashes teenage interviewers on tech pioneers It might sound like a gimmick, but this is a powerfully valid approach to conversations about technology. By Antonia Quirke
Books Deborah Orr’s Motherwell: a memoir of family insights and dark asides Motherwell is a beautifully written – if frustrating – portrait of a quintessential Seventies working-class childhood. By Janice Turner
TV & Radio Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Lab is one of the creepiest things I’ve ever seen on television And I’m old enough to remember the Krankies. By Rachel Cooke
Sport US sports start-up the Athletic is disrupting papers as Sky did the legacy broadcasters It is all about quality and original content. By Mark Damazer
Technology The issue ministers are avoiding when it comes to Huawei The debate over the Chinese tech giant largely ignores its participation in human rights abuses. By Oscar Williams
Media Tony Hall's successor as BBC director general faces a radically changed media landscape A hostile government, competition for young audiences and stripping over-75s of their free TV licences are just some of the challenges. By Roger Mosey
Wales How a 40-year-old Welsh folk song reached number one in the UK singles chart An independence campaign group in Wales pushed the song up the charts. Why now, and what does it tell us about modern Britain? By Martha O'Neil
The Staggers Will Britain follow France’s lead in delaying the introduction of a digital services tax? Implementing the tax risks the US responding with punitive tariffs on British goods in a future trade deal. By Stephen Bush
UK Laurence Fox and the worrying power of right-wing YouTube The British actor is a self-confessed victim of YouTube indoctrination. Its influence on politics should concern us all. By George Grylls
Europe The Lisbon lament: Britain's oldest ally on the eve of Brexit Once a backward country in the grip of a grim dictatorship, Portugal has become a hot spot for tech migrants, surfers, foodies and yoga gurus, with a popular socialist prime minister. By Matthew Engel
Environment How a trade deal with the US could destroy the UK’s climate change goals Boris Johnson’s plan to diverge from EU rules threatens crucial environmental regulations. By Adrienne Buller
North America Trump’s impeachment so far: the Democrats are prepared and realistic, but have little time Despite the Republican majority in the Senate, the Democrats appear organised to make the most of this opportunity. By Nicky Woolf
Environment What we lost in the fire Around a billion animals have been impacted by Australia’s bushfires. It’s a catastrophe in which more endangered species will be pushed closer to the brink of extinction. By Tim Flannery
Europe Solving global inequality through vacuous buzzwords: welcome to the new “Woke Davos” Heads are scratched, hands are wrung, technological fixes and buzzword-heavy solutions are offered. By Jeremy Cliffe
Europe Can the Italian left halt the far right’s advance in Emilia-Romagna? League leader Matteo Salvini is seeking to capture a traditional leftist stronghold, but a new protest movement is rallying. By Gregorio Sorgi
