Covid
The medical community’s revolt against lockdown
For a government which insists it is “following the science,” there is a striking reluctance to listen to the scientists
Why aren’t dogs social distancing?
Dogs spread risk, and owners spread dogs
The Ides of Boris
The instruments of darkness tell us truths
What did YOU do in the Great Culture War, Daddy?
The British public will not stay forever silent as their values and beliefs are attacked
In which Sir Keir eats Mr Johnson’s cake
Starmer’s first order is last orders for pubs
Tory Lockdown rebels reach 42
Scores of Tories have defied the Government’s instruction to vote for lockdown measures
The Divine Comedy at 30
The Divine Comedy will be playing a concert at the Barbican on 14 October to celebrate Neil Hannon
Trusting Dave Chappelle
The comedian’s 8:46 show is a stand-up special with few jokes
Boris fights a strawman
BREAKING: strawman wins
Letter from Washington: Nancy Pelosi and the coming vaccine wars
What explains the House speaker’s attack on British regulation?
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
A Freudian slip
Was Golden Age Vienna the birthplace of the modern mind?
The false prophets of war and turmoil
All eight of Whatmore’s subjects would have been astounded by the
stability of the British state through the 19th century
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
