Sanctions
Shadows, ghosts and false flags
The government says it will take action on sanctioned ‘shadow fleets’, but as Ian Ralby writes, maritime law may not be able to prevent tensions between the US and Russia boiling over
Politics
The Green revolution
Labour voters liked the insurgent party even before the arrival of Zack Polanski, writes Rob Ford. As local elections approach, he appears ready to break through in the areas Keir Starmer has neglected
Books
Love, loss and Salman Rushdie
In Rachel Eliza Griffith’s raw and affecting memoir The Flower Bearers, Stephanie Merritt writes, the poet and artist recounts her marriage to Rushdie and his tragic attack
Ideas
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After the Ayatollah
Rob Macaire
With a unifying leader, Iran’s protests could become a revolution
Museums
Sir Richard Lambert
Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian are straight from the autocrat’s playbook
Anatomy of Britain
Martha Gill
The fortunes of the bus may finally be turning around
Acne scars
Eva Wiseman
Why skin positivity is having a bumpy ride
Views on Venezuela
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View from Toronto
Margaret MacMillan
We Canadians are struggling to comprehend the bully next door
View from Taipei
Chris Horton
International law has never cared about Taiwan. Now the feeling’s mutual
View from Geneva
Mark Malloch Brown
The UN must step up as a multilateral force again, or bow to Trump’s world order
View from Caracas
Eric Martínez