Papers, please
Vaccine passports are not as straightforward as you might think
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
I think, therefore I’m right
We need a “Philosophy SAGE” to test the logic behind Covid policies
Big questions, muddled answers
Human Frontiers is an entertaining, zippy read but it feels one layer down from its ostensible subject: big ideas
Why are Dublin and Brussels killing off the peace process?
The Northern Ireland Protocol is the Belfast Agreement’s gravest threat
The Napoleonic Wars
Professor Jeremy Black discusses why and how Europe was engulfed in wars with France between 1792 and 1815
Stonewall rules in unlikely places
Even people in hard hats must check their thinking now
Modern poetry: I too, dislike it
T. S. Eliot would despair at this year’s shortlist for the prize in his name
London Nights (Capriccio)
Intelligent and well played though it is, Franziska Lee’s album of Londonoid piano pieces can’t make a bad sonata better
Green light for hysteria
There are times when precaution stands in the way of what is right
The host of Christmas past
Is party time over for the convivial Tories?
The dying days of Nazi Germany
A growing body of literature deals with the horrors of WWII from a German point of view
Scenting success
The wondrous whiff of sex, spice and civet