Covid
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
Counting Covid costs
We need a broad perspective of Britain’s pandemic failures
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
British politics needs more Dominic Cummingses
You don’t have to like him, but he got things done
Our public services are hamstrung by low productivity
The government must do more to help a sluggish state sector catch up
Buried roots of war
We have not remembered all the relevant facts about the conflict in Ukraine
When did psychology get so cringe?
Mates don’t let mates inform manipulative politics with bad behavioural science
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
