The Weekend Essay Erdoğan’s revenge The president’s arrest of his rival, Ekrem İmamoğlu, follows a familiar trajectory. It could also backfire spectacularly. By Kaya Genç
Putin’s endgame With a fractured West and a pliable US president, he sees no reason to abandon his war on Ukraine. By Katie Stallard
1. How the National Trust won the war on woke The charity has outsmarted and outmanoeuvred its critics, who are all too easy to caricature as furious cranks and bigots. By Will Lloyd
International Politics Peacekeepers in a world without peace What is the point of Keir Starmer’s “coalition of the willing”? By Andrew Marr
Will Mark Carney win Canada’s snap election? Until very recently, his political rival Pierre Poilievre seemed poised for a victory of generation-defining proportions. By Luke Savage
The Beatles’ brilliant friendship The Paul McCartney-John Lennon bond is a great story of boys and men, class and fame, love and jealousy By Deborah Levy
Economic Growth “We must work together to mobilise the talent and potential of British society” David Blunkett