The TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, has sent sales of the book skyrocketing. And in recent weeks, troupes of women have been seen walking in silent formation at various locations across the US, dressed in the distinctive red gowns and white bonnets worn by the enslaved women of Atwood’s imagined nation state, Gilead. But these are not just fans of the show – the real-life handmaids have an important cause they want you to hear about.

When staff at the Bank of England are prepared to strike over pay it feels like pressure over stagnant wages may be reaching a tipping point. Gregor Gall thinks new union tactics show up flaws in a law designed to make walkouts harder. Meanwhile, Alex Bryson and John Forth look at the hard numbers that will decide if the government relents on the public sector pay cap.

North Korea’s first successful test of an intercontinental missile has set the world on alert. But unlike the country’s previous provocations, there’s a new variable at play: Donald Trump. Dylan Loh argues that whereas Pyongyang has long relied on the element of surprise, a very unpredictable US president might change the game in a way the Kim government hasn’t bargained for.

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