8277, 8279 “Writing is always an act of hope”: Margaret Atwood on The Testaments The novelist explains how Trump’s America shaped her bestselling sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. By Erica Wagner
8320, 8324, 8415, 8422, 8423 People tend to like it she said Flames were coming from a human being. By Luke O'Neil
8320, 8323 Matteo Renzi’s new centrist party Italia Viva faces a struggle for relevance The former Italian prime minister will find it harder than he hopes to replicate Emmanuel Macron’s success. By David Broder
8320, 8321 Israel’s election showed Binyamin Netanyahu’s magic has finally worn off The unscrupulous campaigner resorted to every trick he could think of but fell short of the majority needed for a right-wing coalition. By Donald Macintyre
8320, 8323 How Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms could paralyse his presidency As the biggest strike for more than a decade has shown, the French president has picked a fight with the entire working population. By Pauline Bock
8268, 8445, 8330 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
8277, 8279 “Writing is always an act of hope”: Margaret Atwood on The Testaments The novelist explains how Trump’s America shaped her bestselling sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. By Erica Wagner
8268, 8445, 8330 Why climate scepticism has a misogyny problem "A certain type of masculinity willing to think of natural resources as something that exist for humans to grab, use, and create value from.” By Hettie O'Brien
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8417 Ultra-hawk John Bolton’s abrupt departure sets the doomsday clock back – if only a little Trump, who is instinctively an isolationist, has long clashed with his National Security Advisor, who has called for nuking North Korea and bombing Iran. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8321, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8417 “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
8268, 8387, 8320, 8323 Five things you need to know today: France threatens to veto Brexit extension Plus, MPs set to vote against early general election, Taliban warns more US lives will be lost after Trump cancels peace talks. By New Statesman
8268, 8328, 8330 Trump’s view of history drives the trade war between the US and China Is US hegemony really under threat? By Grace Blakeley
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Seven questions the moderators of Wednesday’s CNN Climate Crisis Town Hall should ask There are answers to the looming and catastrophic climate crisis – but only if we ask the right questions. By Ibrahim AlHusseini
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8417 Weapons of mass distraction: Trump draws attention away from his economic “Trump Slump” Talking about his Greenland demands instead of the increasingly volatile US economy is exactly what the president wants us to be doing. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8324, 8415, 8422, 8423 People tend to like it she said Flames were coming from a human being. By Luke O'Neil
8277, 8279 The Dutch House by Ann Patchett is a gripping examination of what makes a home A novel that makes the reader reflect upon how much anyone ever knows about a family, about the truth of any relationship. By Erica Wagner
8277, 8279 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
8277, 8282 Daniel Johnston's heroic self confidence The artist, who has died at the age of 58, created music in-spite of his mental health issues, not because of them. By Yo Zushi
8277, 8279 Kathleen Jamie’s Surfacing: documenting the beauty of our endangered earth Jamie’s essays combine beautiful prose with an urgent sting. By Marina Benjamin
8277, 8280 It Chapter Two: shrill, overlong and largely without merit It just isn’t good enough. I can’t take It any more. I’m over It. By Ryan Gilbey
8269, 8330 The WeWork model may yet be the future of business When the work-life balance is eradicated, no hour of the day will go unmonetised. By Will Dunn
8268, 8332, 8272 Should the Sun have unearthed a decades-old “private tragedy” in Ben Stokes’ family? Even those used to the Sun's salacious reporting may baulk at uncovering such personal pain. By Jasper Jackson
8268, 8445, 8300 Antibiotic apocalypse: will a no-deal Brexit affect our health? Antibiotic use is a collective agreement: we all remain safer so long as everyone follows a set of common rules. By Hettie O'Brien
8268, 8445, 8330 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
8277, 8284 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
8320, 8323 How Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms could paralyse his presidency As the biggest strike for more than a decade has shown, the French president has picked a fight with the entire working population. By Pauline Bock
8268, 8274, 8387 The polarised Brexit election craved by the Lib Dems is only getting more likely The Liberal Democrats have taken a big gamble towards Remain, but they can at least be heartened by the state of play at the other pole of the Brexit debate. By Patrick Maguire
8268, 8275, 8274, 8440, 8443 Chuka Umunna says the Lib Dems could win up to 200 seats. Is he right? Are the Lib Dems repeating the mistakes of Cleggmania? Some party veterans think so. By Patrick Maguire
8268, 8300, 8362 The next election will be fought on Facebook. Dominic Cummings knows that It may be a forlorn hope, but for a fair election, legislation on social media advertising in elections should be introduced beforehand. By Leighton Andrews
8268, 8274, 8387, 8440, 8443 What do the Lib Dems gain by pledging to revoke Article 50? A minority of members fear that the party has already sent an unquestionable message to Remainers and has nothing to gain by repeating itself. By Stephen Bush
8268, 8387 This week, the Supreme Court must come of age Ten years after its launch, the UK’s final court of appeal must decide the most important constitutional case for a generation. By adam wagner
