The average office desk is said to contain 400 times more germs than a toilet seat. And if that’s not enough to make you get out the antibacterial spray, how about the fact that up to 90% of mugs in office kitchens are coated in germs – and 20% of those cups actually carry fecal matter. Michael Loughlin dishes out the dirty details on our grubby workplaces and explains why, from your mobile phone to the paper in the photocopier, no surface is ever free from filth and grime.

Is public discourse in the UK undergoing a dramatic shift? There were a flood of complaints last week after the BBC invited various far-right talking heads to comment on the release on bail of former EDL leader Tommy Robinson. Meanwhile the mainstream press is publishing articles praising “strongman leaders” and looking forward to a post-Brexit reinstatement of the death penalty. Chris Allen says we must be careful about giving oxygen to these extreme views.

Inept politicians, misguided accountants and ultra-cautious actuaries, a complacent Bank of England, a docile regulator and indifferent employers. John Stittle tells the story of the UK’s great pension robbery and why people working today are unlikely to get the same benefits in retirement that their parents had.

Electric car-maker Tesla saw its shares get turbo charged after the latest financial results. The talk on Wall Street was all about turnaround, after major production problems with the mass-market Model 3. But Michael Price argues this optimism is scarcely credible when you look closely at the numbers.

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