Covid
The cost of being a lockdown sceptic
The British intelligentsia as a class has failed in the most public way possible to defend free speech
Seven indicators that show infections were falling before Lockdown 3.0
Data from seven different indicators establishes that infections were already in decline in England before the January lockdown
The ghosts of Millbank
Once home to a nineteenth-century prison and London’s working classes, Gawain Towler explores the diverse architecture of Millbank
Event horizon
Boris’s believable border boasts
Confessions of a lockdown speculator
Is it immoral to make money out of a disease that is killing millions?
Why accusations of vaccine nationalism miss the mark
Rather than condemning governments for favouring their own citizens in this way, we should focus on how vaccine surplus can reach poorer parts of the world
The technocrats are failing the vaccine test
Are populist leaders better at vaccine roll-outs? If so, that should fill us with trepidation about post-pandemic politics
Quarantine in the Falkland Islands – continued
In the final instalment of his Falklands quarantine diary, ASH Smyth gears up for the outside world after two weeks at home
Why the ‘100,000 deaths’ figure is misleading the public
News outlets should report the age-standardised mortality rates alongside the number of excess deaths so as not to mislead the public
Is live music in Britain doomed?
It would be little short of a tragedy if our music industry ends up being finished off by the mismanagement of a a vulgar little virus