UK A landslide for revoke shows the Lib Dem debate on Brexit is over Those who are sceptical of the party's new policy of cancelling Brexit without a referendum are now massively outnumbered internally. By Patrick Maguire
Elections Liberal Democrats' capture of Sam Gyimah boosts Jo Swinson's project The Liberal Democrat leader has two aims: to stop Brexit and to reconfigure British politics. By Stephen Bush
Feminism Carrie Gracie on her battle for equal pay at the BBC: “Women are not winning this fight” The news broadcaster and former China editor on being paid less than her male equivalents at the BBC – and why the problem persists. By Anoosh Chakelian
UK Conspiracy theories help us believe there might be some order in the world after all I admit the case of Jeffrey Epstein tests my conspiracy scepticism to the limit. By Ian Leslie
Europe Heidegger, the homesick philosopher Once discredited by his association with Nazism, Martin Heidegger is enjoying a posthumous revival. So what is it about his ideas that resonate with so many? By Samuel Earle
The Staggers Liberal Democrat unease with Philip Lee spills out into the open Concern about their new MP comes in two directions. By Stephen Bush
UK The man who broke Britain Three years after leaving office, and in the midst of a deep political crisis, David Cameron is about to publish a book about his premiership. But can he justify his catastrophic legacy? By Martin Fletcher
Books East India Company: the original corporate raiders How the British trading behemoth took control of 200 million people and one of the richest empires on Earth. By Shashi Tharoor
Sport David Cameron yearned to modernise the Tory party but his legacy is one of chaos The ex-prime minister was brought down by his gambler’s instinct and an elevated sense of superiority and entitlement. By Jason Cowley
Brexit Has Boris Johnson made a breakthrough in the Brexit talks? You can just about see the landing zone for a rebadged withdrawal agreement that, if you squint hard enough, looks like a victory for Johnson. By Stephen Bush
The Staggers Liberal Democrats decide to remove the controversial trans 'spousal veto' A moving debate culiminated in the party conference backing a boost to trans rights. By Ailbhe Rea
Brexit Yellowhammer isn't just a worst-case scenario – it's the main forecast The government's unity position may well be to go for a no-deal Brexit, but in as poorly planned a way as possible. By Stephen Bush
Elections Proroguing and prerogative: have the courts just upended our constitution? The constitution is an intricate tapestry: pull at one thread at your peril, for you may find that the whole unravels. By Eliot Wilson
UK Can the Lib Dems be anything more than a catch-all party for disgruntled Remainers? A major part of Jo Swinson’s leadership pitch to members was her superior ability to persuade small “l” liberal MPs to join. By Stephen Bush
UK Chris Bryant launches anti-Bercow campaign for Speaker The Labour MP has impressed Westminster with a bold, combative pitch to Conservatives disgruntled with the incumbent. By Patrick Maguire
Film Downton Abbey at the cinema: TV-sized acting that looks grotesque on the big screen The film leaves nothing left to ridicule, no cliché unexploited and no spectacle to recommend it. By Ryan Gilbey
Books There are two great lies told about football. A new book by David Goldblatt exposes both There are two great lies told about football: that it is only a game, and that it shouldn’t mix with politics. The Age of Football exposes both. By Jonathan Wilson
Sport Football managers may deserve a gap year but players are already just lolling around Managers work round the clock, they are never not managing. A player’s life, by comparison, is easy. They train from ten to 12 each day and that’s it. By Hunter Davies
Books Vigdis Hjorth’s Will and Testament is a controversial but immaculately restrained novel Hjorth’s precision becomes a quietly devastating mimicry of the effects of trauma, and of ambiguous and conflicting memories. By Megan Nolan
TV & Radio Beyond Today’s solemn and considered tone makes it required listening in my house The BBC Sounds’ programme is often just two people talking – a welcome change to the usual mad thrill of Brexit discourse. By Antonia Quirke
Social Media I wanted to know why strange men send me messages online, so I started to say “hi” back Their messages are rarely threatening, strange, or sexually forward – they’re simply there. By Amelia Tait
Environment Why demonising plastics won’t save the environment The real source of major ecological catastrophes isn’t so much the existence of single-use plastics but rather poor waste management systems in developing nations. By Leigh Phillips
Food & Drink Why the rise of “grower Champagne” seems like the ultimate capitalist dream Made by the people growing the grapes, does grower Champagne offer proof that the individual can flourish within a system tailored to big business? By Nina Caplan
Environment Why our relationship with technology is destroying the planet Writing shortly after the Second World War, the philosopher Martin Heidegger argued that we must break free from our use of technology to address the climate crisis. By Aaron James Wendland
Health “My brain is different – but so is everybody’s”: The addict who became a neuroscientist Three decades ago, Professor Judy Grisel was a homeless college dropout, sharing a crack pipe on the streets. Now she is investigating brains like hers that suffer addiction. By Anoosh Chakelian
North America “The place has been absolutely flattened” – inside the Hurricane Dorian relief effort In what meteorologists called a “nightmare scenario,” the record-strength category 5 storm pounded the Bahamas for three days, leaving utter devastation in its wake. By Nicky Woolf
North America “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AK-47s” – but otherwise a low-drama debate If nothing else, the third Democratic presidential primary debate showed just how far Democrats’ consensus has shifted. By Nicky Woolf
Books East India Company: the original corporate raiders How the British trading behemoth took control of 200 million people and one of the richest empires on Earth. By Shashi Tharoor
Politics Why the world needs Immanuel Wallerstein's radical vision more than ever The late father of “world systems analysis” gave us new tools to analyse capitalism’s contradictions. By Lea Ypi
Middle East “A potent recipe for instability”: a foreign policy expert on Trump’s Taliban talks “What Trump and his lead negotiator have done is to embolden and empower the Taliban.” By Nicky Woolf
Observations Letter from Madrid: Spain remains ungovernable Four months after the general election and parliament is still in deadlock. By Tobias Buck
