Features

Ignoring the Covid evidence

Far from following the science, the government turned its back on all available data

Reining in the police: Action or cop-out?

The aftermath of George Floyd’s death is a Me Too moment for race relations and the law enforcement agencies

Short-changed by society

Small people like me face life-long discrimination – and now size has been “medicalised” for profit by drugs companies

Degrees of Mental Illness

Cassandra Russell on the university students who game the system by self-diagnosing as psychologically unwell

Writer who caught the reality of war

Vasily Grossman was not only a great correspondent in World War Two but a courageous dissident

Return of the dragon

China’s Covid belligerence will only isolate it further

The balance of power

Economics will be key in the looming new Cold War between the US and China

Sing it again, Frank

Michael Henderson listens once more to the Great American Songbook, most enriching of entertainments

Myths of the Prophet Max

Daniel Johnson on the life and work of Max Weber, whose controversial views on democracy still resonate today

Warming is not the only threat

Our response to Covid-19 has shown us that national security depends on more than tanks, planes and climate preparedness