Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days
This powerful posthumous column by the Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández, who died on 3 February, reflected on the luck that shaped his life compared to those born in regions of the world ravaged by hunger, poverty and war. “Even in this difficult moment I’m going through, I don’t think I have the right to complain or to moan about my lot. How can I play the victim knowing these historical inequalities and injustices? How can I lament my fate when we see what is happening even now, in Africa, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Yemen, Iran or in Palestine?”
With polls and membership at an all-time high, the UK Green party is having a moment – and it’s largely down to their charismatic (if slightly cheesy) new leader. Can he really pull off a socialist revolution? Simon Hattenstone followed Zack Polanski from Wakefield to Heaven (the nightclub) to get to the bottom of his appeal.
Amelia Gentleman had the unpleasant task of looking deep into the Epstein files to see what they tell us about the behaviour of some of the men featured therein. She found a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services – the patriarchy in action.
