The Week Evening Review
Mandatory ID cards, the foiled 7/7 sequel, and the 'mushroom murderer'

TODAY'S BIG QUESTION

Is it time the UK introduced mandatory ID?

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"We mustn't pretend it's just some technological thing and 'if only they did a tweak to the algorithm, suddenly everything would be nice'."

THE EXPLAINER

The failed bombings of 21/7

Poll watch

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

How the 'mushroom trial' caught the world's attention

Good day 🍛

Bad day 🎒

picture of the day

Blow of the horn

Puzzles
THE WEEK RECOMMENDS

Cocktail of the summer: the Hugo spritz

Statistic of the day

instant opinion

Today's best commentary

word of the day

Peñico

In the morning

Image credits, from top: Illustration by Stephen Kelly / Getty Images; Dylan Martinez / AFP / Getty Images; Martin Keep / AFP / Getty Images; Jorge Guerrero / Getty Images; Oksana Bratanova / Alamy

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