Face Masks
A chronic case of mask fever
Masking in medical contexts represents the triumph of culture over science
Let’s face it
Governments use masking to force compliance, not fight viruses
A sea of staring eyes
Overcrowded lectures are bad enough, but Zoom and masks are incompatible with learning
Feeling testy
Rules are for the rest of you
Do as Tories say, not as Tories do
Conservative politicians instruct us to wear masks — but vice-signal not doing so themselves
Continued mask wearing won’t help us return to normal
Psychologists know it will do the opposite
The happy-clappy compassion mask
Ewa and Mateusz Dymek say cruelty is being masked by compassion
How the government has exploited our human response to danger
Olivia Hartley speaks to Laura Dodsworth about face masks, religious faith, and how public health has become a criminal justice matter
Face masks diminish the romance of everyday life
Smiling – one of the primary expressions of our common humanity – has been rendered invisible by the ubiquity of face masks
Democracy muzzled
Peter Hitchens says Covid masks are a potent symbol of the West’s headlong flight from Enlightenment values