Ben Macintyre and Paul Orengoh in the Times report how Barack Obama's Kenyan grandfather was imprisoned and tortured by the British during the struggle for independence.
Iain Dale on his blog thinks the Tories may be getting "far too cocky" in the way they are handling the Damian Green affair.
John Rentoul from the Independent says James Purnell can make the case for Labour better than anyone else in the cabinet.
And Stuart White at Next Left analyses Purnell's welfare reforms.
Daniel Finkelstein in the Times on a flaw in Malcolm Gladwell's theory about how individuals become successful.
Paul Flynn on his blog on the threat posed by cyber-attacks.
