Covid
Libertarians and progressives are too irresponsible for freedom
Authoritarianism is the perverse outcome of irresponsible forms of libertarianism and progressivism
An economic warning to the curious
There are no good British lessons from higher European taxes
Pasteurisation of the pub
Pubs may have reopened, but its new landlord is the Nanny State
The Lockdown Lobotomy
The effects of lockdown have caused far more damage than the virus ever could
Life has become the avoidance of death
In the continual absence of metaphysics, life – shaped for many years by the pursuit of comfort – is now defined by the avoidance of death.
Art in Paris under Covid
Mark Le Fanu goes to the Musée Nissim de Camondo, the Marmottan, and the Musée Antoine Bourdelle
The myth of Scotland’s Covid superiority
Scottish Government advisers are using misleading data to promote Scottish exceptionalism
The fear of the fever: how we are now living the authentic Victorian experience
Covid-19 is bringing us closer to the Victorians more than any recreation of an 1830s London townhouse ever could
Flight COVID-19 is now boarding
The grimness of my flight to Delhi bespoke the special cruelty of this crisis
North America’s most ethically challenged leader
Will the WE scandal make Justin Trudeau’s halo fall off soon?