The long read: The American aid worker was killed by his Isis captors on 16 November. Here, for the first time, is the story of an extraordinary effort to secure his release, which involved a radical New York lawyer, the US government, and the world’s most revered jihadi scholar
Julian Norman: Instead of her (probably illegal) attack on article 8 of the Human Rights Act, the home secretary should ask why so many appeals succeed
The long read How Isis crippled al-Qaida