Let’s open up debate about lockdowns
There’s no place in all of this for unsubstantiated claims or attempts to dismiss those who encourage the sensible consideration of alternatives
Why it is right to question the orthodox Covid-19 narrative
The authors of ‘Welcome to Covidworld’ defend their stance
Welcome to Covidworld
Ian James Kidd and Matthew Ratcliffe assess our new altered reality, where accepted norms do not apply
The US government’s subversion of Trump, 2016-2020
A new movie pulls together a complex and disturbing story in 90 minutes
NHS propaganda
No rainbow-painting child could possibly understand the relative performance, good or bad, of the NHS
John le Carré: a man who rose through the English class system as it was collapsing
John le Carré’s voice of old-fashioned English authority was one acquired through merit and bearing rather than birth
Little cup of perfection
Lisa Hilton praises a divine lunch in Santiago de Compostela
Learning to love Big Brother
A contemporary political drama uses the double whammy of Covid and Brexit to reanimate older, primeval forces
The Marxist cell in Number 10
Adam LeBor investigates the former communist cult that has found common cause with the prime minister and the Brexiteer Conservative right
A warning to the curious
Why M R James is still the greatest ghost story writer
Fact or Fiction: an introductory guide
As the misrepresentations in The Crown call for historical dramas to be clearer in their creative license, Romeo Coates offers a brieg guide to fact and fiction in drama
The red hand gang
Patrick Galbraith says field sports are a boon for male friendship
Borderland: Europe’s Eastern faultline
Rising tensions over gas fields in the Eastern Mediterranean are fuelled by Erdogan’s dream of expanding Turkey’s borders