This is what we amputated a limb for
A long-term historical perspective on Covid-19
Is the lockdown killing people?
Excess female deaths suggest so
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
Will Starmer’s immigration gambit backfire?
The prime minister might have opened a box that he cannot close
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
How will Christian MPs shape the assisted suicide debate?
The Tory Christian is in decline, but the Labour Christian could make the difference
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
