Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, a psychiatrist, posited that the bereaved go through five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Our Charlemagne columnist posits that Europeans grieving for the transatlantic alliance have already gone through four. What might acceptance look like?

Our latest Insider show also considers the future (or lack of it) for the transatlantic alliance. You can catch it now on our app or home page.

As if Britons didn’t have enough to worry about, our Bagehot column diagnoses a new national disease: affluenza. Britain has the expectations of a rich country—but the means of one that’s less well off than it supposes. Hey-ho. Enjoy your weekend.