Health
The medical community’s revolt against lockdown
For a government which insists it is “following the science,” there is a striking reluctance to listen to the scientists
Why aren’t dogs social distancing?
Dogs spread risk, and owners spread dogs
Boris fights a strawman
BREAKING: strawman wins
Flirting with the abyss
A benign trip to hospital offered a stark reminder that consciousness hangs by a deathly thread
To vax or not to vax?
If the Government wants a coronavirus vaccine to succeed, it must first assuage public fear
The risk in a second lockdown is clear
Everyone suffering in pursuit of impossible promises is pointless
Matt Hancock: Obstinate or Innumerate?
The Health Secretary’s latest statistical blunder shows his wishful thinking
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?
Not tickety-boo
Joseph Connolly had never suffered a day’s illness — until he was felled by a “very unglamorous stroke”
Healthcare Needs an Ombudsman
Public healthcare needs public accountability
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark