Covid
The risk in a second lockdown is clear
Everyone suffering in pursuit of impossible promises is pointless
Unquestionably Whitty and Vallance
The outlook is grey, no questions
Are socially distanced festivals the future of entertainment?
Appledore book festival has paved the way for Covid-friendly entertainment in the UK
Matt Hancock: Obstinate or Innumerate?
The Health Secretary’s latest statistical blunder shows his wishful thinking
Bullfighting à la mode
Christopher North says French aficionados are more demanding than the Spanish
Africa’s Covid-19 response has humbled the Western world
Why is it that Africa has seemingly dealt with the coronavirus pandemic better than the rest of the world?
Survival of the fittest
Fiona Duncan looks at the winners and losers as the hospitality sector copes with Covid-19
Training for nothing
Nick Cohen laments the pandemic’s effect on competitions
The unremarkable truth about America’s Covid response
The US handling of Covid-19 does not make it a ‘failed state’
Shingles and delirium in San Sebastián
Despite Covid-19 rates spiking, it was a dormant virus that caught the author out as he tried to venture through Spain
Sunak stumbles
The Prime Minister spent half of the afternoon trying to extract his foot from his mouth
Google has a history problem
As much as we might wish that history had been different, virtue cannot grow from the soil of falsehood
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
The establishment prefers distractions to solutions
Politicians discuss irrelevances rather than confronting the obvious
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
