Covid
Coronavirus: are international comparisons helpful?
And do Europe’s small countries give us the most accurate statistics?
Coronavirus: could Sweden’s gamble pay off?
Stockholm may have more in common with Bulawayo than Milan
The meaningless Covid-19 models
Which, if any, expert estimates should we take seriously?
The age of the Sex Olympics
It is time to resist the pornification of the modern world
When the populist meets the Pope
Javier Milei and Pope Francis represent very different and often hostile elements of Argentinian cultural life
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
Miriam Cates is right about surrogacy
It is a fundamentally dishonest and exploitative practice
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
The Grand Migrant Hotel Rwanda
All are welcome at Kagame’s eccentric migrant hostelry, and don’t worry about the roving deathsquads: they’re harmless
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
