Seven indicators that show infections were falling before Lockdown 3.0
Data from seven different indicators establishes that infections were already in decline in England before the January lockdown
Cancelling Terry Gilliam (again)
Gilliam is now 80, and seems as cheerily intent on causing trouble and controversy as ever
The Critic Books Podcast: Heiresses
Having a fortune is not quite all it’s cracked up to be
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young (and old) Man
The Wallace Collection’s Frans Hals exhibition shows the artist at his best
December/January: Letters to the Editor
There needs to be a more balanced assessment of the Israel-Palestine conflict
Remembering Norm Macdonald
Like Peter Cook, he made being funny seem as natural as yawning
The Austrian solution
Mandating vaccination by criminal sanction may sound draconian, but then again Austria has historic form for this sort of thing
The House mirror
Sir David Amess showed MPs what they should be
Male authors: the sun also sets
Give up writing, men – the world will be a happier place when you do
Past his prime
Even the President of the United States has to know when to retire
The abandoned middle
The chancellor’s budget fails to take the side of ordinary people
Everyone snaps
If you’re not annoying Lindsay, are you even a Cabinet Minister?