Lockdown
Does peak infection sync with lockdown enforcement?
The lockdown logic’s basic arithmetic doesn’t add up
Debating the Covid-19 Lockdown
Toby Young and Kapil Komireddi on this week’s podcast debating the costs of the Covid-19 Lockdown
Helpful advice for the police
Enforce actual laws, don’t bumptiously police the ones you’d like
Why Lord Sumption is wrong about the coronavirus shutdown
Joshua Rozenberg says lockdown measures are a price worth paying
Solo Lockdown
Why social isolation hits singletons the hardest
Has the government overreacted to the Coronavirus Crisis?
Toby Young questions whether the drastic measures put in place now will harm us more in the future
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
A real pea souper
Rivers of filth bear our merry band to the grotesque wonders of Dickensian London
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
Restoring sanity takes time
So many people have built their professional lives around gender insanity
Equal opportunities fleecing
This blinkered trade’s endless thwarting of talented homosexuals has gone on too long
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
