8320, 8321, 8415, 8457, 8464, 8416, 8468 What the postponed Palestinian elections mean for the conflict with Israel The delay to elections threatens an eruption of violence among rival Palestinian factions vying for control. By Ido Vock
8519, 8521, 8523, 8320, 8300, 8365, 8415, 8493, 8497, 8416, 8471 Will fossil fuel majors heed the International Energy Agency’s call to end expansion? A groundbreaking IEA report highlights just how far the world's oil and gas companies are from reaching net zero. By Philippa Nuttall Jones
8517, 8277 Where have all the intellectuals gone? Who among today’s literary figures has any chance of being recognised as a thinker on par with a Dostoevsky or a Marx? By Nick Burns
8528, 8300, 8362, 8415, 8493, 8496 Why I hate Twitter – and why I can’t quit Rather than promoting creativity, social media is fostering a new age of conformity. By James Bloodworth
8268, 8415, 8457, 8459, 8416 Why Donald Trump is out of sight but not out of mind for the Republicans Even now, Republicans flock to the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort as though their re-election hopes depend on it. By Emily Tamkin
8277, 8279 Len Deighton and the mundanity of spies For the spy novelist, espionage was not a thrilling solitary pursuit but an extension of the world we live in. By John Gray
8320, 8323, 8415, 8457, 8462, 8422, 8492 The German history wars The former Prussian royal family’s effort to recover riches lost after the Second World War hinges on one question: did their ancestors’ support help Hitler and the Nazis take power? By Richard J Evans
8320, 8321, 8415, 8457, 8464, 8416, 8468 Israel-Palestine: Why Netanyahu and Hamas both risk losing control of the conflict By Dimi Reider
8320, 8323, 8300, 8455, 8415, 8456, 8457, 8462 How eastern Europe’s Covid-19 crisis surpassed the west Slow vaccine roll-outs appear to have hit states such as Hungary and Czechia particularly hard. By Patrick Scott
8415, 8457, 8464, 8416, 8468 Israel-Palestine: death toll continues to rise The US adminsitration has dispatched an envoy to the embattled region, but the future for civilians remains unclear. By Emily Tamkin
8415, 8456, 8493 Why is the world’s best vaccinated country experiencing a Covid spike? Despite fully vaccinating more than 60 per cent of its adult population, Covid-19 cases are surging on the archipelago. By Harry Clarke-Ezzidio
8320, 8322, 8415, 8457, 8463, 8416, 8473 Questions are mounting over the Tokyo Olympics In a world still beset by Covid-19, what use is an event billed as a symbol of recovery? By Jeremy Cliffe
8268, 8328, 8275 The UK is entering a make-or-break decade without an economic plan If Britain simply muddles through it risks becoming Italy without the food and weather.
8519, 8520, 8522 Elon Musk admits Bitcoin is an environmental threat – but what about cars? You can no longer buy a Tesla with cryptocurrency, but buying a new car was never the greenest activity.
8519, 8521 Brexit's cod wars are far from over Britain's fishermen face years of negotiations that will be influenced by political opportunism, environmental concerns and multinational ownership.
8519, 8521, 8415, 8493, 8495 Millions of fake comments give a glimpse of the telecom industry's dark lobbying machine A new investigation has revealed that the broadband sector's 2017 campaign to repeal net neutrality laws was underpinned by fraud.
8519, 8523 Why oil money is still essential to Scotland's political future Can the SNP, once the party of "Scotland's oil", wean the country off the revenues of the North Sea?
8519, 8520, 8300, 8362, 8302, 8415, 8493, 8495, 8496, 8457, 8459 Facebook's Oversight Board refuses to give the company an easy answer on banning Trump The company's Oversight Board has called on Facebook executives to decide for themselves whether to permanently ban the former president from the platform.
8529, 8268 Tony Blair is pining for a centre ground that no longer exists The former prime minister has shown a total disconnect from the impact of economic change on ordinary people. By Paul Mason
8529, 8268, 8275 Tony Blair: Without total change Labour will die The Labour Party needs complete deconstruction and reconstruction. Nothing less will do. By Tony Blair
8528, 8268, 8270 If Labour is to have any hope of winning, Keir Starmer must champion electoral reform By Martin Fletcher
8268, 8394 Will the Scottish Greens’ forward march continue? The rising support for the Greens among young, principled voters is a warning to Scottish Labour. By Rory Scothorne
8268, 8275, 8415, 8457, 8458, 8416 Tony Blair's retrograde confidence in technological progress leads him astray The former prime minister's unshakeable faith in machines suggests a technocratic politics unfit for today's most pressing challenges. By James Meadway
8268, 8517, 8415, 8416, 8469 Why compelling narratives are the key to political success Labour’s current problem is not that its vision lacks resonance but that it doesn’t have one at all. By Quassim Cassam
8277, 8299, 8280, 8283 Watching Octopus Teacher, I wonder why we like to imagine animals are our friends Must we see something of ourselves in animals – read our emotions into their behaviour, attribute to them a level of human-like intelligence – to value them? By Pippa Bailey
8277, 8299, 8279 Roy Dennis’s Restoring the Wild chronicles 60 years of rewilding Britain Now 81, Dennis is possibly the UK’s most senior and influential conservationist you may never have heard of. By Kathleen Jamie
8268, 8275 For those of us recovering from eating disorders, calorie-labelled menus will be devastating As an anorexic teenager, I could tell you the calories in a Communion wafer. Plans for calorie counts on menus are a danger to anyone with experience of disordered eating. By Amelia Tait
8277, 8282, 8515, 8415, 8422, 8490 Who is St Vincent? On her excellent sixth album Daddy’s Home, the guitarist lays out plenty of possibilities. By Ellen Peirson-Hagger
8277, 8283, 8415, 8422, 8476 Even now, we are still indulging our obsession with Britney Spears’s downfall Just like the tabloids, new documentaries tap into an insatiable public lust for details about the pop star’s life. By Eleanor Peake
8300, 8362, 8303, 8415, 8493, 8457, 8459 Why won’t Facebook just ban Donald Trump for good? The decision by Facebook’s Oversight Board to ban the former president for another six months is a half-hearted and cowardly compromise. By Sarah Manavis
8268, 8328, 8275, 8415, 8457, 8458, 8416, 8472 The power struggle behind plans to introduce “Britcoin” The Bank of England’s digital currency initiative is less about making the monetary system more efficient than it is about retaining control. By James Meadway
8300, 8362 Why social media boycotts never work The Premier League, English Football League and Women’s Super League will boycott social media this weekend. But when has online silence ever resulted in effective change? By Sarah Manavis
8300, 8362, 8415, 8493, 8496, 8457, 8459, 8416 How will the Republic of Facebook tackle its Donald Trump problem? In the absence of lawmakers who are able to control it, Facebook’s solution is to imitate them, building its own system of government from scratch. By Martha Gill
8300, 8362, 8415, 8493, 8496 How dating apps are reshaping our desires for the worse Apps formalise arbitrary preferences and even discrimination against “unattractive” demographics. By James Bloodworth
8277, 8300, 8362 How facial anxiety is triggering a cosmetic surgery boom A year of Zoom meetings and face filters has distorted our view of ourselves. Now cosmetic clinics are seeing a jump in bookings before the June reopening. By Sarah Manavis
