Economy
In praise of the Great British pub
Let us sip, slurp and quaff this weekend, and do our bit to keep the pub trade going
FDR is no hero – he shouldn’t be Boris’s role model
Is Boris’s ‘Rooseveltian’ revival really what the country needs?
A long-term bet we must take
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the show will go on again; it always does
Can the West live without China?
Graham Stewart asks Stewart Paterson whether disengagement from China is an act of self-harm or a sensible stitch in time
Can theatres survive the crisis? And should they?
How can theatres come out of this, asks Alexander Larman
What will become of the hospitality industry?
Has Britain’s favourite pastime of eating and drinking reached its peak? How will the industry recovery from this financial blow?
Debating the Covid-19 Lockdown
Toby Young and Kapil Komireddi on this week’s podcast debating the costs of the Covid-19 Lockdown
Why Lord Sumption is wrong about the coronavirus shutdown
Joshua Rozenberg says lockdown measures are a price worth paying
Havana heartbeat
How a stiff, gangly, middle-aged Englishman fell for the seductive rhythms of Cuba
Real life seems distant now
Marooned by the pandemic, a war reporter looks for silver linings
The rats and cowards who brought down a Titan
Simon Heffer on the final instalment of Charles Moore’s Thatcher biography and Paul Corthorn’s ‘Enoch Powell’
Liberals aren’t their own worst enemies
Why do so many Western liberals behave as if they agree with Putin’s critique of Western liberalism?
Is Scottish Conservatism heading south?
Graham Stewart on why a lot of ‘Cons Holds’ are actually too close to call
Stag do
Patrick Galbraith takes a shot at deer stalking