Follow the Who Funds You
Oddly nobody’s shadowbanning conspiracy theories about the Great Barrington Declaration
The risk in a second lockdown is clear
Everyone suffering in pursuit of impossible promises is pointless
Who do we think we’re kidding with the NHS?
Someone somewhere damaged this country very badly
The lockdown’s founding myth
We’ve forgotten that the Imperial model didn’t even call for a full lockdown
Blown fusionism: is a common enemy enough?
Ed West, Small Men on the Wrong Side of History
Francisco Goya: the embodiment of old Spain
Janis Tomlinson’s new biography of Francisco Goya is a well-informed, comprehensive biography that would make an excellent gift for any art lover
The wokeness of soft power
The content of the Global Soft Power Summit 2021 shows that progressives have turned a vague concept into another divisive label
Should sitcoms be resurrected?
If there is to be a Frasier revival, producers should learn from the mistakes of past spin-off shows
Justice warriors
Nick Cohen says pounding the streets brings its own rewards
Nature’s design
Gardens start with a pencil and paper says Hephzibah Anderson
The BBC, a class apart
Michael Collins says the corporation is fighting the wrong war, as usual
Another nice mess you’ve gotten me into?
David Frost’s reward is to inherit Michael Gove’s problems
My Brexit hell
The press suffering was not the only point
Christmas shows us why lives are worth saving
Like the ancient world, we have an inability to explain or even value ourselves
The mystery of the folded dragon
Michael Prodger recounts the tale of Hergé’s drawing for the cover of the Tintin instalment: The Blue Lotus