Covid
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
Freedom Day remembered
How the doomsayers got it wrong
The complacence of environmentalist urbanism
Increase access, yes, but don’t restrict movement
Pandemics, plagues and pestilence
Germs have been laying waste to civilisations for 50,000 years
Understanding abortion law
It is important not to let emotions cloud the facts